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Ryukyuan Poets Of The Qing Dynasty And Their Han Poems

Posted on:2014-04-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330425458867Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Ryukyu is an important member of nations that paid tribute to the rulers of ancient China during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It dispatched its students to Directorate of Imperial Academy in China to learn and deepen Chinese knowledge, in addition, there are also frequent nongovernment contacts on the Ryukyuans that crossed over to Fujian in China. This contact began in1372and closed at the time of Ryukyu to be conquered by Japan. Ryukyu was maximally influenced by Sinology, the study of Chinese literature in Ryukyu began in early the Ming dynasty and closed at the end of the Qing dynasty, especially in the period of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong in power that was great prosperity. Meanwhile, Ryukyuan Han poem represented the highest achievement of Ryukyuan Chinese literature. Ryukyuan poets upholded Confucianism and began learning from reading Chinese ancient books. They are also diligent and eager to compose poems, even be versed in modelling their styles after those of ancient Chinese poets and their poems which weighed words and stressed on poetical meter. They broke a magnificent poem path that had good taste of Chinese classical poetry and unique feature of Ryukyuan culture as it did originally.The textual basis of this paper is Collection Of Poetry In Zhongshan, Selected Ryukyu Han Poems, Selected Huangqing Poems and Collected Poems Of The Qing Dynasty, in addition, some Ryukyuan Han poems that were scattered over historical materials of the Qing dynasty written by Chinese envoy who represents Chinese emperor to confer the title of Ryukyuan King also be included. Because Ryukyuan Han poems of the Ming dynasty were bad preserved, a textual criticism of this situation by some scholars were considered it was result of Samo in Japan, it has a wider significance to combine historical materials with Ryukyuan Han poems which were appreciated. Extant Ryukyuan Han poems of the Qing dynasty are best abundant, best integrated, best unique.Besides collecting and arranging, the paper took great pains to appreciate with representative of Ryukyuan poets and their Han poems of the Qing dynasty. Ryukyu dispatched its monk to learn Buddha dharma in China for a long time, these monks were of lofty virtue and great talent, in addition, their Han poems were magnificently conceived to be appreciate that had real worth. Chinese envoy who represents Chinese emperor to confer the title of Ryukyuan King composed Han poems innumerable. The contents of these poems about Ryukyuan history and geography and the action of serving as an envoy abroad to Ryukyu and association with Ryukyuans had important meaning to be research.
Keywords/Search Tags:Ryukyu, Qing Dynasty, Student abroad
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