Journal of Shanghai University (Social Science Edition) ›› 2009, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (4): 85-95.

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A New Interpretation of Han Yu and His Poems by the
Poets Advocating Song Poems in the Late Qing Dynasty

  

  1. (School of Humanities and Communications, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China)
  • Online:2009-07-15 Published:2009-07-15

Abstract:

Abstract: The poets advocating Song poems in the late Qing Dynasty, by starting with Su Shi and Huang Tingjian, and then, tracing back to the tradition of Han Yu and Du Pu, finish constructing the poetic idea of combining Tang styles with Song styles, which breaks, since the Ming Dynasty, the dominant situation of advocating the poetic style in the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, and reestablishes Han Yu' s important position as a link between past and future in the poetic history. While dong so, they give a new interpretation of orthodox Confucianism, ideal personality and poetic styles in Han Yu' s poems, endowing with a profound historical connotation and time spirit. This multiplelevel interpretation of Han Yu and his poems, not only emphasizes his importance in the history of literature, but also underlines his value of Confucian philosophy displayed in the specific context of both internal and external "troubles" in the late Qing Dunasty, thus communicating their opinion of poetic innovation and progress as well as their awareness of potential perils when facing the reality. In a word, while the poets advocating Song poems, by this interpretation, manifest their poetic idea and political ideology, Han Yu' s poems, in this process, display a new connotation and value.

Key words: Key words:  poets advocating Song poems in the late Qing Dynasty; Han Yu; poems

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