Medieval Hermit Poetry

Yinyi Poems of middle ancient times refer to those poems which express the content of intoning and admiring recluses, describing reclusion, exploring the value of withdrawal from society, seeking and recruiting recluses and so on. In the specific recluse cultural background of that time, the men of letters, with the writing of Yinyi Poems as the symbolic mark of their spiritual life, desired the liberty beyond the political constraints. Their literary works broaden the representing fields of the poems in middle ancient times.The research on Yinyi Poems in this thesis covers the following fields.Chapter â…  defines Yinyi Poems and traces back to the source of the Poems. Based on the clear definition of Yinyi poems, this thesis classifies the Poems according to the content to different forms. Then the thesis traces back the Poems and probes into the original forms of the Poems of Qin Dynasty and the time earlier than Qin and those of Western and Eastern Han Dynasty.Chapter â…¡ explores the reason and the background of the rise of the Poems. As the Poems originated from the specific recluse culture, the thesis casts light on the social background and some theoretical basis in that time. In finding out the cultural function conveyed by the Poems, the thesis reveals the inevitability of the rise of the Poems.Chapter â…¢ researches on the Poems by different stages. According to different forms and characters, this part makes a diachronic study on Yinyi poems and reviews the regulation of its evolvement and development in different stages.Chapter â…£ is a study of the Poems on certain topics. First, A study on Zhaoyin poems and Anti-Zhaoyin poems will discover the law of the Poems' emergence, development and extinction. Second, the author explains how the great poet Tao Yuanming created the life in seclusion in his Yinyi Poems and what value of beauty Tao conveyed to his readers. Last, the author finds out the reason why a group creation could be accomplished in the Lanting Gathering though Yinyi Poems had...