The Research On Poems Of Homesickness In Northern And Southern Dynasties

The ancient literati have deeply rooted homesickness. People who leave homefor various reasons will have strong feeling of the sadness about the destiny, whenthey in the face of the contradictions about own life. The homesick poems which arefull of experience about the individual’s life have strong appeal and aesthetic value.So the emotion of the poems has the key meaning in the research of Northern andSouthern Dynasties homesick poetry.The poems of homesickness in the Northern and Southern Dynasties wasdeveloped for many reasons, which included the effects of Chinese traditional cultureto homesick complex, the influences of the same style poems in the former dynastiesand special background in that time. Therefore, through the analysis of thebackground, it would help us to understand the emotional implication of those poemsof homesickness in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.As we all know, the dynasty was changed frequently in the Northern andSouthern Dynasties, so the society was full of turbulence. Garrisoned soldiers, officialpeople out of hometown and people lived in other lands became the main creators ofpoems of homesickness. Different experiences of them made their poems includedifferent meanings. To sum up, the rich emotions of those poems included: love forhome and country, suffering from living out of hometown, sadness for their officialcareer, difficulties of journey, regrets for forfeiting their integrity, lament for days’passing and so on. Not only did the poet express themselves perfectly with techniquesof lyric, but also he created a series of typical images with aesthetic values. There wasno wonder that poems of homesickness in the Northern and Southern Dynasties gavereaders artistic enjoyment, because it contained spiritual power of emotions andcomforted those people out of hometown with rich humanistic care in the pastcenturies.