Poems Written in Response to Jiangnan Chun:Generic Features andCultural Meaning(PDF)
《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2017年02期
- Page:
- 119-
- Research Field:
- 【词学研究】
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Poems Written in Response to Jiangnan Chun:Generic Features andCultural Meaning
- Author(s):
- ZHANG Zhong-mou
- Keywords:
- Jiangnan Chun; central Wu region; response with poems; cultural meaning
- PACS:
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- DOI:
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- Abstract:
- In the Ming Dynasty,the literati in the region that had once belonged to the ancient Wu Kingdom(aka Wu region) created a large number of poems in response to Ni Zan’ s poem Jiangnan chun 江南春( literallySpring in the Area South of the Changjiang River) by using the same rhyme sequence. This was a big event inthe circle of literati in the Wu region or even in the whole country. In this paper,we argue that Jiangnan chunshould be classified as a typical poem rather than a ci poem and it just contained two chapters rather than threeparts. Because of Ni Zan’s charisma and the inclusiveness of the subject matter of Jiangnan chun,this ordinarypoem written on a painting attracted so much attention of the literati in the Wu region that they responded to itwith a large number of poems using the same rhyme sequence,which formed a type of irreplaceable culturalsymbol and literary classics. The cultural implication of the literati’s(represented by among others Shen Zhou,Zhu Yongming and Wen Zhengming) response to Jiangnan chun is that they consciously or unconsciouslydiscovered or explored the character of Wu culture through writing the poems. At the same time,their writingactivities indicated the formation of a cultural community in the Wu region and their pride in identifying withthe cultural tradition in this area.
Last Update: 2017-04-10