躍動する精神 : 王國維の文學理論について

Abstract

Wang Guo-wei claims that the most important element of literature is feelings with a natural tongue. At first sight, it seems to be a common knowledge. However, writers are easily conformed to the stereotyped method of their contemporaries, it is quite difficult for a writer to express one's feelings freshly and unconventionally. Wang Guo-wei also emphasizes the importance of individual feelings which reflect the truth of "particulars" regardless of its unabsoluteness and temporariness. Wang has once attempted to search for a "universal" truth through studying German philosophy, however he gives up finally. In his research of Chinese literature, particularly Ren Jian Ci Hua (人間詞話) and Song Yuan Xi Qu Kao (宋元戲曲考), he attaches great importance to serious feelings which appear in every fragment of real life. In Song Yuan Xi Qu Kao, he declares: "They (Yuan playwrights) merely copied down the emotions in their breasts and recorded the circumstances of the age, with the result that frequently genuine truths and an elegant style can be found in their works."1) 1) translated by Joey Bonner.