試論劉克莊詩歌的主題意向與藝術特點

Abstract

Liu Kezhuang is a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. He is known as the leader of Jianghu poetic school which has great influence at that time. This position is based not only his plenty of creation and high social position, but also on his profound poetic theory, which directs the younger generation and conforms the poetic progress at that time. At present, the academic circles have not paid enough attention to Hou Cun’s poetic theory and his poems, so the writer wants to do something in this sphere of learning. In the times when Liu Kezhuang lives, the Song poetry is declining gradually. The final group of Jiangxi Poetic School cries up “taking the classics as poetic material”, which pushes the Song’s inclination of “taking argumentation as poetry, taking scholarship as poetry, and taking words as poetry” to a extreme obscurity and stiffness. The appearance of Siling Poetic School marks a regression of the poetic style to that of the late Tang Dynasty. Its pure, natural and succinct style is sure to wipe out the social abuse and becomes fashionable for a time, however, its narrow range of subjects, talent lack, and unrealistic and shallow thought are doomed to failure one day. So Jianghu Poetic School, the successor of Siling School, cannot escape from such shortcoming. The poetic circle calls some poets with innovative spirit and exploring consciousness to change the decadent poetic creation, when Liu Kezhuang appears among the circle. With his poetic practice and theory he wins quickly a popular reputation and becomes a poetic leader. From Liu Kezhuang we can find a kind of puzzlement, exploration and pursuit for the poetry in dead end in that epoch. His efforts, although may not be successful, serves as a typical representative of the poetic developing tendency in the late Southern Song Dynasty.