盛唐詩人と前代の詩人 : 盛唐に於ける文學論の一面(上)

Abstract

The Sheng-T'ang or Height of the T'ang (1st half of 8th cen.) is the golden age of Chinese poetry. The object of this study is to determine how the poets of this period viewed the works of earlier poets. Except for the consideration of a few lines in the works of Tu Fu and Li Po, this problem has up to now been little studied. As the basis for this paper, the auhor has selected from the "Complete T'ang Poetry" Ch'iian-T'ang-shih 全唐詩 all the poetic lines, titles and prefaces, even by minor poets, which may be regarded as expressing literary evaluations of earlier poets. The study is divided into six sections according to the objects of criticism: 1. Han; 2. Three Kingdoms; 3. Chin; 4. T'ao Yüanming; 5. Six Dynasties; 6. Early T'ang (the latter three sections to be treated in the second part of this paper). It is very interesting that we find the highest appraisal given to the Chien-an poets of the Three Kingdoms period, Ts'ao Chih, Liu Chen, and others, while the late 3 rd century poets Juan Chi and Chi K'ang are evaluated in a somewhat different way.