Abstract:To discuss the comments on Ming poetry by Japanese literati is not to look for the incomplete dreams of Ming Dynasty in Japanese Han literature, but to reconstruct the understanding of Ming poetry from the perspective of East Asia. After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, literati in the early Qing Dynasty tended to negate the poetry since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, which was unfair. As the observation result of “the third eye”, the comments on Ming poetry by Japanese literati have certain reference value. Japanese literati's comments on Ming poetry flourished in the middle of the Edo era, which was caused by the route of learning poetry from Ming poetry to Tang poetry, and was also related to their ideological turn in criticizing Song culture and their intention to continue the orthodox fate of Chinese culture. To explore the rise of comments on Ming poetry in Japan, Ogyu Sorai's Jue Ju Jie(Annotation of Quatrains,绝句解) cannot be bypassed, which focuses on commenting on the poetry of the Seven Poets School in the Ming Dynasty, especially on all the seven character quatrains and nearly 90% of the five character quatrains of Li Panlong. The comment on Ming poetry in Jue Ju Jie has the characteristics of concise language, profound emotion and profound taste. It reveals that the poetry of the Seven Poets School in the Ming Dynasty agrees with Tang poetry in terms of artistic conception, poetic flavor and syntax, thus provides a model for Japanese literati to see the beauty of Tang poetry from Ming poetry. It also reveals the causal relationship between Ming poetry and poetry of the Six Dynasties, which provides guidance for exploring the complex features of the poetry style of the Seven Poets Schools in the Ming Dynasty. Jue Ju Jie reconstructs the model of Ming poetry from the Japanese perspective, and puts forward its own views on important issues in the history of Ming poetry. The new ideas revealed from it serve as discursive feedback, which will help us reevaluate Ming poetry from the perspective of East Asia.
陈玉强. 荻生徂徕《绝句解》与日本明诗评点之兴[J]. 《深圳大学学报》(人文社科版), 2023, 40(1): 123-130.
CHEN Yu-qiang. Ogyu Sorai's Jue Ju Jie and the Rise of Ming Poetry Comments in Japan. , 2023, 40(1): 123-130.