The Dissemination And Cultural Implications Of Tao Yuan Ming In The Chinese Literature Of Korea

After being introduced to Korea, Tao Yuan-Ming’ s poetry underwent a process of dissemination, absorption, criticism, and evolution. The dissertation is divided into six chapters.First, the period in which collections of Tao Yuan-Ming’s poetry entered Korea and the features of their circulation and reproduction. Collections of Tao Yuan-Ming’s were brought to the Korean peninsula in the middle years of the GaoLi Period, from A.D. 1140 to A. D.1170. In ChaoXian Period that collections of Tao Yuan Ming’s poetry were recarved for printing and circulation. These recarvings were of two types:collections of Tao Yuan Ming’s works and recarvings of the single poem-essay hybrid work GuiQuLaiCi. The most prominent attribute of the reproduction and circulation of collections of TaoYuan-Ming’s poetry is "regionality"Second, criticism of Tao Yuan Ming’s moral character and poetry. In the Gao Li period, Some literati, because of their political identity, repudiated the inclination toward a reclusive life away from political duty or service expressed in Tao Yuan-Ming’s works and exhibited in his life biography. Nevertheless, Chao Xian literati glorified the noble behavior and moral integrity embodied in Tao Yuan-Ming’s poetry and biography. However, Korean literati appraising Tao Yuan-Ming’s body of poetry viewed he as one who gathered together of all the positive aspects of simple, unadorned poetry, but nevertheless believed that his poetry itself was not suited for specialized study. unsophisticated style would lack the resonances of artistic poetry, and perhaps would tend toward dulln and insipid scholarship.Third, the influence of Tao Yuan-Ming’s poetry on Korean poetry of dramatic landscape and idyllic poetry and the culture of leisure. The first is the assimilation of reverence for nature and exaltation of naturalness in life, combining these with scenery specific to the peasant homestead and an atmosphere of "human emotion" attributed to or exhibited by peasant farmers. This is an important feature of Korean idyllic poetry. The second aspect is the absorption of planter agrarian thinking and a movement towards the humanistic thought attributed to peasant farm life. The third is the reception of leisurely, carefree enjoyment against a background merging dramatic landscape scenes and idyllic delight.Fourth, the evolution of the image of "The Land of Peach Blossoms" in Korea. During the mid-fee Li period, Li Ren Lao actually compared Zhi Yi Mountain’s "Green Crane Cave" to utopia "The Land of Peach Blossoms". The Chao Xian period advanced appropriation of "The Land of Peach Blossoms. " The image of paradise gradually transformed from an "ideal space" into a "real space", gaining the qualities of an actual place with an existence in the corporeal world. During the later part of the Chao Xian Period, there appeared the phenomenon of common people taking "secret books of Green Crane Cave" and "Green Crane Cave Maps" in hand in order to go in search of paradise.Fifth, the assimilation and development of GuiQuLaiCi (leaving and returning home"). (1) Poetry composed of post-reading critique of it, (2) poetry composition using paintings inspired by it, and (3) poetry composition imitating the content and structure of it to articulate personal ambitions lying within the range of goals for human behavior advocated by Confucian thought. Korean imitations of it have three special characteristics. The first is the utilization of imitation of it to constitute an essay form especially devoted to "introspection"; the second is a heightened argumentativeness and use of reason and logic; the third is the commonality existing among imitations of it.Sixth, the Master of Five Willows as a model for character creation and TaoYuan-Ming’s paragonization. Poetry according to their respective identities and circumstances, depicted the figure of a man of virtue and wisdom leading the life of a hermit, the figure of a man of noble character and integrity, the figure of a highly literate intellectual, and the figure of a recluse:these were all specialized, personalized character portraits that also represent common depictions of personal character in the period. The lives they desired are all within the purview of the mode of life pursued by the Master of Five Willows.