梁初の文學集團

Abstract

The literary history of the Six Dynasties period is marked by the appearance of distinct literary groups or cliques, and the conversion of literary composition into a social pastime. Without inquiring here which of these phenomena may be regarded as cause and which as result, the fact remains that most of the literary figures of the time cannot be considered apart from the particular groups to which they belonged, nor can their works be judged correctly in any other context. In surveying the literary history of the Ch'i and Liang dynasties, the author has become aware of a need for greater systematization in the treatment of the history of the literary groups of the period. As a beginning, the present study attempts to define the groups which were of importance in the early years of the Liang dynasty. The author has discussed the literary group of the central court, which centered about the figures of Kao-tsu 高祖, the founder of the dynasty, and Crown Prince Chao-ming 昭明太子, as well as the provincial groups centering around Kao-tsu's sons, Kang, the Prince of Chin-an 晉安王綱, and Yi, the Prince of Hsiang-tung 湘東王繹; and his younger brothers Hsiu, the Prince of An-ch'eng 安成王秀. and Wei, the Prince of Nan-p'ing 南平王偉. With an understanding of these various literary groups and the roles they played, the development of the literature of the early years of the Liang can be correctly traced.