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A Study on the Interpretation and Popularization of Chinese Classical Texts - Focusing on Ye Jiaying’s Criticism of Classical Poetry

  • The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies
  • 2019, (43), pp.149-172
  • DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2019..43.007
  • Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature > Chinese Literature > Chinese Culture
  • Received : January 16, 2019
  • Accepted : February 13, 2019
  • Published : February 28, 2019

Kim Seon 1 Byeong-Hak Choi 2

1연세대학교
2금강대학교

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ABSTRACT

Ye Jiaying persevered in the face of hardship, adhering to the belief of disseminating Chinese poetry. At the age of 94, she still stood on the rostrum to impart poetry, and trained many talented person. This paper told how Ye Jiaying, a global female scholar, interpreted classical poetry. She not only explained how the poet expressed his indignation and sadness through poetry when facing the hardships of life and political and social setbacks. Ye Jiaying used the image of abandoned wife to describe the poet's depressed psychology abandoned by the monarch. She commented on the hardships faced by Quyuan, Sima Qian, Wang Can, Cao Zhi, Tao Yuanming, Du Fu, Li Shangyin, Su Shi, Lu You and Wu Wenying from a comparative point of view and the characteristics of poetry creation. She combed the injustice in the poet's heart delicately. It also revealed that modern people can seek spiritual comfort and healing by appreciating ancient poetry and combining suffering with similar experiences of poets. Ye Jiaying analyzed the differences of the writer's emotion, style and artistic conception, and found out the poet's life and era background, character, learning accomplishment and artistry. Ye Jiaying analyzed the characteristics of the style of Ci, and combed the origin and influence of the writers in the context of the development of history. Ye Jiaying said that Zhang Huiyan in Qing Dynasty attached great importance to "bixingjituo" and was suitable for appreciating Wen Tingyun's and Wei Zhuang's works. Wang Guowei's theory in modern times was influenced by western philosophy and aesthetics, which was suitable for appreciating the works of Feng Yansi and Li Yu. Ye Jiaying explored the western critical theory, and used Tang and Song dynasties to analyze the characteristics of traditional poetry from the perspectives of Western Europe's hermeneutics, phenomenology, new criticism, reception aesthetics and reader response theory. Ye Jiaying attached great importance to the degree and expression of feeling in poetry, and highly appraised works that directly conveyed the vitality of feeling like Ci of Li Houzhu in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Ye Jiaying has guided traditional poetry in Beijing, Taipei, Canada, the United States, Tianjin and other countries for 60 years, contributing to the popularization of Chinese classical poetry.

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