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The Study Of Silk Things And Its Images In Tang Dynasty Poetry

Posted on:2011-09-27Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y H CengFull Text:PDF
GTID:1115360302992015Subject:Classical literature
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China has been called "silk empire " since ancient times and silk is one of the most important products at that time.Ancient Chinese took use of these silk products for their life and at the same time,they created bright silk culture.China also be called"poetry empire", people created Voluminous poemes and these poemes reflects all aspects of social life . As an important part of life contents, Silkworm and silk is an important theme in china ancient poetry. Since Five thousand years ago, as china unique cultural heritage, poetry and silk are like sister twins, they take the rise and fall hand in hand and complement each other. Those descripting and praising silk's poemes can be seen everywhere.In the history of Chinese silk,Tang Dynasty is known as the "Dawn of Modern China". Powerful national strength push the Tang dynasty silk production to a peak of history. Flourishing silk production not only provides a rich material basis for the Tang Dynasty people,but also provides rich material for their literature. As a visual reflection of social life, Tang poetry is filled with a variety of silk things'description,on the one hand. these poems directly drawn from the silk things.Such as Baijuyi's《LiaoLing》and《Red Carpet》,Zhenggu's《Jin》,Wangjian's《Zhijinqu》,Zhangji's《Liangzhouqu》,Wentingyun's《Daoyiqu》,the whole poem sings the subject of silkworm .On the other hand, The expression of poetry of form is to rely on the "Fun ". In the Tang poetry , such as Li shangyin's lai style, Wentingyun's magnificent word style, Hanwo's "Xiang Lian "style shows aesthetic and luxury of the late Tang Dynasty literature. Silk is the material basis for such beautiful poetry style . Bearing in mind the above features, the author picked up and carefully decoded some silk-related materials and events and by which sketched the life pictures of people in Tang dynasty by drawing lessons from the study of things and glossary. By exploring their similarity and disparity between literature world and real world and therefore revealing their characteristics in portraying figures and reflecting social life in the Tang Poems. Also, a new kind of explanation of Tang Poems is expected in this regard.the paper is compose of three parts: Introduction, core text and conclusion. The introduction section elucidated the rationale of taking this project and the state of the art of such kind research. The investigation method and discussion scope are also briefed.The core text is divided into five chapters. Chapter One, the silk texture in Tang poems. In this chapter, what mentioned in Tang poems are explained and the three levels of silk texture in Tang poem, namely, silk texture as materials, as aesthetic standard and as poetic symbols, are analyzed.Chapter Two, silk articles in Tang poems. Those articles made of silk such as curtain, screen, quilt, tent and fan are discussed. The description of which in Tang poems are manifested by the vestige of their occurrence in life. And the occurrence imprints are traced by their description in Tang poems.Chapter Three, the silk costume in Tang poems. The silk is the important carrier of the female beauty of women in Tang Dynasty. It also is the key formalism of hierarchy of official clothes. Moreover, it is further the material basis of the developed dancing arts of Tang Dynasty.Chapter Four, the silk techniques in Tang poems. Punching, weaving and embroidering are the key steps for producing the beauty of silk and also is what all two often poem-chanted by poets in Tang Dynasty. They had been far too beyond what they had at the material's lever and had been bestowed rich feelings and spiritual significance when depicted by poets.Chapter Five, the things and glossary of silk in the poets'works. Taking the silk things and glossary in the works of Baijuyi,Wentingyun and Li shangyin for examples, the influence of the silk things and glossary in the Tang poems on the literature style are analyzed.Conclusion. Summarize of the full text and indicate the possible extended filed of this topic.
Keywords/Search Tags:Tang poetry, Silk things, Aesthetic image, Cultural implication, Poetic style
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