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The Proposition of Li Yu's Reincarnation and the Development of Ci-Poetry in Early Qing

Chen Changqiang   

  1. the School of Humanities, Soochow University
  • Online:2018-09-25 Published:2018-11-28
  • About author:Chen Changqiang, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the School of Humanities, Soochow University. His research interests include the study of Ci-poetry and Chinese classical literature from the Ming to the Qing.
  • Supported by:
    the Philosophy and Social Sciences Fund for Universities and Colleges of Jiangsu "The History of Preferences between Northern Song Ci-poetry and Southern Song Ci-poetry” (No. 2017SJB1314) and the National Social Sciences Fund of China "A Chronological Study of Ci-poetry in the Qing Dynasty" (No. 17BZW112)

Abstract: The proposition "Li Yu's Reincarnation" was put forward initially based on the analogy of reincarnation, and later acquired a clear reference. In the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the discussion of this proposition focused on Chen Zilong and Nalan Xingde. On the one hand, Chen and Nalan are similar to Li Yu in themes of romance, patriotism and style of Ci-poetry; on the other hand, there are differences in the theory of Ci-poetry. It not only reflects the canonization and acceptance of model-poets such as Li Yu, but also reflects the evolution and the orthodox order of Ling-Ci (Short Lyrics) in the Later Ming and Early Qing Dynasties. The admiration of Chen Zilong, especially his identity shown in the Early Collection of the Present Ci-poetry, not only reveals the consciousness of the school of Ci-poetry of Nalan, but also shows his clearer clarification of the Ci-poet community. It is known that the orthodox order of Ling-Ci in the proposition "Li Yu's Reincarnation" is also an important force in the Ci-poetry community of the early Qing. This force, together with other Ci-poetry forces, participates in and underpins the resurgence of Ci-poetry in the early Qing.

Key words: the reincarnation of Li Yu, Nalan Xingde, the orthodox order of Ling-Ci (Short Lyrics), the preferences between Northern Song Ci-poetry and Southern Song Ci-poetry, the Study of Ci-poetry in the early Qing

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