邵雍「歡喜吟」をめぐって

Abstract

The poem entitled "Huan-xi yin" is one of the well-known poems by Shao Yong. No one, however, has clearly interpreted the literary and historical importance of this poem. Although "Huan-xi yin" seems to be a poem which merely express Shao Yong's greatest joy as a hermit, I intend to show that witty criticism of Buddhism, which had widely and deeply permeated into Chinese society during that time, underlies the poetic expression in this work. In this paper I will prove the validity of the above idea by analyzing the following three points. That is: 1. What is the origin of the word "Huan-xi" used in the title and the first line? 2. What is the poet's hidden intention behind the representations of "wei wo" (爲我) used in the second and third couplets? 3. What is the meaning behind the last couplet "Ci shen sheng zhang lao, Jin zai tai ping jian" (此身生長老, 盡在太平閒)?