The study of Xin Wen-fang''s Tang-cai-zi-chuan─the historical picture and the viewpoint of poetry science

• Main Authors: Huei-Ping Huang, 黃惠萍
• Other Authors: Shou-Jeng Tzeng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78452459018511764660

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 中國文學系碩士班 === 93 === Xin’s Tang-cai-zi-chuan, as a literature, has a special stance. More than a special biography of literati, its importance and value reveal through the combination of “biography” and “comments”. However, of the later scholars, most cite and focus on its contribution of preserving the historical data of Tang’s poets. That is biography. As for the “comments”, even if they cite them, they just cite segmentally and fragmentally. They seldom regard Xin’s viewpoint of Tang’s poems and poets in this book as a complete study subject. Therefore, the focus of this essay is doing a deep and complete research on the “poetry comments” of Tang-cai-zi-chuan. And then, it has to clarify the meanings of the “poetry comments”. The existence of Tang’s poetry is an inevitable historical phenomenon in the development of literature. However, when dealing with the numerous historical data, Xin, instead of taking in all of them, adds in his own viewpoint, the picture of Tang ‘s poetry and the viewpoint of literature revealed in the book although he focuses his comments on the existence of the history. That is, Xin intends to build a historical picture of Tang’s poetry after arranging the data. The portrayed contents include the selecting of literati, the choosing and rewriting of the data, and the commenting of the articles. In this process, the picture is built more or less on Xin’s own understanding, judgement and self-consciousness so that it carries his special characteristic. Xin’s historical picture and portrait make us know his historical viewpoint of Tang’s poetry and of poetry. And through the synchronic and historic picture of Tand-cai-zi-chuan, we can further see its meanings in times and speciality in the entire development of literature. The focus of this study is on the “poetry comments” of Tand-cai-zi-chuan, discussing the true contents and viewpoint of literature in its historical picture of Tang’s poetry.