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A Study on the Formation and Mutation of Swallow Pavilion(燕子樓) Story

Ueng-Sang Kwon 1

1대구대학교

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ABSTRACT

The story of Swallow Pavilion was originated from Bai Juyi(白居易)’s reminiscence of Guan Panpan(關盼盼). Being a very popular subject in the Song(宋) Dynasty, it became a full story by scholars of the time. Especially, 【Yongyule(永遇樂)】 Ci(詞) of Sushi(蘇軾) not only dedicated to the formation of Guan Panpan and the propagation of the story, but also made a major impact on becoming clue of the story' alteration during the Ming(明) and Qing(淸) Dynasty. Novels and dramas in the Ming and Qing Dynasty developed the story; Time of the story expands to afterlife, the place expands to celestial and underground, and the character expands to the gods from human. As the story develops and changes, so did the image of Guan Panpan. Figure of a sage, loyalty and a virtuous woman was added to the original image.

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