The research of remembrances in Li Po`s Poems

• Main Authors: Wen-Chang Tsai, 蔡文昌
• Other Authors: Ming-Chu Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78442151645414970634

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 中國語文學系 === 99 === This research starts with retrospect awareness of the poet Li-Po as to explore what and how it is shown in the poetry of Li Po’s. Poems of such can be into four different types. They are about roaming and travelling, friendship, personal fulfillment in officialdom and living a hermit life to look for immortal leisure. When the poet recalled incidents happened in the past, most of the details were missing. Because of that, what popped to the mind are pictures after pictures with lots of flexibility. Even in the semi-real retrospect there existed subjective affections and ideology of the author. Retrospect awareness, when embedded in poetry, has the traits of “transformation” “reflection” and “choice” and the functions of “leaving the reality”, “looking to the future” and “establishing new value.” Through retrospect awareness, not only had it lighted up the darkest and deepest of the Poet Li-Po’s heart, it also had provided an even profound and comprehensive contemplation towards the work as well as the author. When the poet recalled roaming in different countries, including Woo and Yuei, words of pleasure were accompanied with description of scenery in details. And in the same time, he used an overall reflection to define his wandering experience. To present interaction with friends, the poet had shown different emotions in his poems, yet, within them, one could see that the poet had fostered his future and redefined his own value. When it comes to remember his association with friends, it is not hard to perceive the selective memory that was shown in the poems. They serve both as remembering friends and as reflecting his value. When recollecting his career’s ups and downs, which could be divided into life in Chang-An and life in exile. By choosing what to remember and reflect, the poet turned his hopes to the future. Implicit memory of immortal life, often combined with elements of imagination and transformation, of which, the revelation of transformation was strongly presented. The poet used remembrance of illusion to seek temporary escape from the real life and at the same time sought for the experience of living a hermit life to show vivid personal value and spiritual sustenance. Through analysis of the poetry, and comparisons of similar works, we can see the poetic memories of "selective" type are found in a variety of events, and the length of poems with features of are generally not long, and many had appeared in a form of overview. After reflection, the poet wrote down the meaning and its significance so as to rebuild his own self-value. There are undeniable values in exploring the various events that mattered to the life of the poet ; discussing how the retrospect had influenced the heroic poet of elegance as well as strengthening sense of deepened loneliness, and revelation of strong sense of self-awareness.