柳宗元の生活體驗とその山水記

Abstract

Liu Tsung-yüan (773-819), famous poet and prose writer of the T'ang, because of his opposition to the eunuch party at court, was condemned to banishment in Yung-chou in Hunan. His convictions, and the bitter experiences that he suffered because of them, are often reflected in his writings. Because he was a condemned man, he could give no clear and outspoken expression to his resentment. Sometimes he chose to express it through allegory or the seemingly impersonal recital of other people's affair. But the author would like to see another vehicle of expression of this resentment in Liu Tsung-yüan's famous prose descriptions of nature. In these he emphasizes the beauty and worth of the natural world, while at the same time lamenting the fact that, far removed from the capital, these beauties go unrecognized, as do the talents of the banished writer himself.