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Cong yi jing shuo kan Wang Wei wang chuan shi = A reading of Wang Wei's collected poems written at Wang Chuan villa from the perspective of Yi Jing theory
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从意境说看王维辋川诗
Author
Cheah, Fah Loong
Supervisor
Woon, Wee Lee
Abstract
Although Wang Wei is one of the three most famous poets in the Tang Dynasty of China, the other two being Du Fu and Li Bai, there are relatively fewer researchers done on Wang Wei. The reason for this is that Wang Wei's poems are simple in diction and transparent in their themes. This is especially so for the twenty poems which Wang Wei wrote during his retreat at Wang Chuan Villa. Thus to explore the themes of Wang Wei's poems written at Wang Chuan Villa would not be a very fruitful effort, if not meaningless.
The success and charm of Wang Wei's poems lie not so much in their themes, but the spiritual and emotional inspiration that they bring to the readers. Therefore, the best approach to appreciating his poetry is to discover its Yijing, a critical term made famous by the scholar Wang Guowei.
The word Yijing originated from Buddhist sutras where it referred to the states of reality created by the different sense organs. It was later used by Chinese critics in literary analysis. However, it was not until the appearance of Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua (Talks on Ci-lyrics in the Human World) that Yijing as a literary concept assumed a dominant significance in poetry analysis.
Though highly original and insightful, Wang Guowei's Yijing theory is at times too subjective and impressionistic. In order to better utilize this important theory in poetry analysis, the author begins his thesis with a critique of the theory, borrowing relevant concepts from the literary approach of New Criticism. He then proposes in Chapter Three a revised version of the Yijing theory, which he applies in the analysis of Wang Wei's "Wang Chuan Villa" poems. In summary, the author attempts to assess the Yijing of Wang Wei's poems by using the revised Yijing theory.
The success and charm of Wang Wei's poems lie not so much in their themes, but the spiritual and emotional inspiration that they bring to the readers. Therefore, the best approach to appreciating his poetry is to discover its Yijing, a critical term made famous by the scholar Wang Guowei.
The word Yijing originated from Buddhist sutras where it referred to the states of reality created by the different sense organs. It was later used by Chinese critics in literary analysis. However, it was not until the appearance of Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua (Talks on Ci-lyrics in the Human World) that Yijing as a literary concept assumed a dominant significance in poetry analysis.
Though highly original and insightful, Wang Guowei's Yijing theory is at times too subjective and impressionistic. In order to better utilize this important theory in poetry analysis, the author begins his thesis with a critique of the theory, borrowing relevant concepts from the literary approach of New Criticism. He then proposes in Chapter Three a revised version of the Yijing theory, which he applies in the analysis of Wang Wei's "Wang Chuan Villa" poems. In summary, the author attempts to assess the Yijing of Wang Wei's poems by using the revised Yijing theory.
Date Issued
1997
Call Number
PL2676.C4
Date Submitted
1997