元結の敍景と敍情

Abstract

Yuan Jue is a literary man of High-Tang to Mid-Tang, and is known as a pioneer of new yue-fu movement and ancient-style prose movement. A main subject focuses on the scenery poetry of Yuan Jue which has mostly been neglected. Futhermore, the feature of his scenery poetry, the relation between his works and Mid-Tang literature has also been described in the main subject. Firstly, it is mentioned that his description of scenery intentionally avoids the typical motif widely used in High-Tang, for example, the setting sun, fascinating colors and the words "a streak of smoke 孤煙", "the only ship 孤舟", etc. There is no elaborate phrase which draws a reader's eyes into his poetry, but therefore, he can express the quiet calm space. Secondly, the special feature of his lyricism is expressing a joy of living with nature, and also in case of strange parts of nature, it is a feeling of intimate rather than fear or awe. It is contrastive with the conventional scenery poetry accompanied by sadness. He did not express his own sadness, only when composing scenery poetry, but also when composing another kinds of poetry. Although the feature of the literature of Yuan Jue is of a different nature than those in High-Tang, it is the primary indication of the literature aimd by Bai Ju-yi 白居易 in Mid-Tang.