Linjiangxian is one of the most famous names of tunes in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It appeared early in the middle of Tang Dynasty. After the initial development, it reached its prosperity in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has very important significance of poetries to collect and study the situations of its development during the Tang and Song Dynasties.This paper elaborates the course of the development of Linjiangxian during the Tang and Song Dynasties and discusses much about the forms, rhythm, and affections of the tune to reveal the lasting charm and the sources of this tune and discuss the tracks of its development and the characteristics on themes and the means of artistic expression, etc.There are seven parts of the paper. The first part is mainly about the tune itself, the situations and methods of the studies, the significance and the innovation of the paper. The first three parts mainly expounds these items:the origin of the the tune, forms of the poetries of Linjiangxian. the other names of the tune, the sources and the affections. The fourth part to sixth part involves the process of creating, the kinds of themes, and the artistic characteristics. The seventh part is the separate discourse. It mainly discusses the selections, application and the characterristics of this tune based on three representative poets, Su Shi,Ye Mengde and Xin Qiji. The epilogue orientates the status and value of the works of Linjiangxian by putting them into the history of poetries. |