| Summary: | 博士 === 輔仁大學 === 中文系 === 98 === Delving into the literary works and their deeds of three literati of Nan Sheh Group, a leading literary group in late Qing Dynasty, the thesis explicates the manners and repartee of these intellectuals in times of drastic changes during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Aside from the preface and conclusions, there are five chapters in the thesis, elaborated in four respective approaches.
Founded by Chen Chu-bing, Kao Sue, and Liu Ya-tzu, Nan She Group once had members up to over one thousand after Xin-hai Revolution. But the group had eventually become a part of the history after it stopped operation in 1918. While the argument over poetry discourse somewhat accounted for the dissolution of Nan Sheh Group, the impending New Culture Movement was an external cause for its decadence. Liu Ya-tze, the key and critical figure who set up New Nan Sheh Group, also announced the spontaneous dissolution of Nan Sheh Group. Therefore, the second chapter makes a comprehensive elaboration of the three literati’s background and the development of the group, explaining why the three were reckoned as the representatives of Nan She Group and the significance behind the thesis topic “Three Literati of Nan Sheh Group.”
Readers can observe the profound cultural connotation embedded within the three literati’s literary works which recorded the bloody history of the heroes’ fighting against alien races and the patriots’ insurrection and resistance against Qing government. When the revolution ultimately succeeded, some national dilemmas, such as Yuan Shi-kai’s proclamation himself as the king and the warlords’ setting up separatist regimes, ignited the literati’s patriotic sentiments which were displayed with diverse emotional appeal. The third and fourth chapters deal with how the three literati employ the spirit and integrity of adherents to the previous dynasty to meet the purpose to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. By means of the promotion and worship of heroism, the three literati successfully promoted and carried the revolutionary consciousness to overthrow Qing Dynasty. In this ways, the thought of revolution was intensified and the impact was amplified as well.
In addition, literary works in the three literati’s early stage apparently echoed the concept of literary revolution of Liang’ Poetic Revolution and the Novel Revolution. The mastery of glossary, new context, and antiquated style in their works also inherited the connotation of literary revolution. In essence, however, the literary reform made by Nan Sheh Group was not mature enough. Thus, Chapter Five employs the perspective of literary reform to explore the progress and substantivemanners of practices displayed when confronted with the claim of the New Democracy proposed by the literary reform activist Liang Chi Chao.
The literati were not only considered theoretical figures burying themselves in books but the pragmatists of social reform, as the three had devoted themselves to publication and editing for a newspaper, and the promotion of the concept of gender equality and female right. Hence, Chapter Six makes a comprehensive investigation into the literati’s participation in publication and their promotion and interpretation of bi-sexual equality.
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