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A Study on the expression and imagery of Pine Tree in Chinese classical Poetry

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2013, (31), pp.165-191
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.007
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : February 28, 2013

Bae Daniel 1

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ABSTRACT

This article was written to study the various symbols of the pine tree in ancient Chinese poetry. Pines are evergreen, coniferous resinous trees (or rarely shrubs) growing 3–80m tall, with the majority of species reaching 15–45m tall. There are so many pine trees in China, and the tree was received full of love by all the people. The various symbols of the pine tree in ancient Chinese poetry are summarized as that :The first, the pine tree maintain evergreen appearance all the way and it means that the pine tree is full of expression of clearness, and the poems of pine tree are generally expressed the symbol of elegant, noble, highbrow. The second, the pine tree have the strong will of survive and ability of live to a great age, so the poems of pine tree are express as the symbol of will of survive. In ancient Chinese poetry, the pine trees are represented in the expression of poet’s resistance to injustice, fight against trial. The attribute of pine tree’s live to a great age means like the wish of human’s long life, so the pine trees are often expressed with the ten traditional Symbols of Longevity as symbol of long life and unchangeable in Ancient Chinese Poetry. The third, the pine tree also have attribute of cold hardness and strength, so the poems of pine tree are very often means of the expression of patience and endurance. The poets took off their hat to pine trees’ perseverance, and can get powerful feelings of endurance by composing the poems about pine trees. The fourth, the pine tree also have the symbol of a distinctive ability, as cause of the tree grows well even in barren soil comparing with other trees hard to grow in such bad soil. This attribute, sometimes, makes the pine tree have solitary atmosphere, and the poets often describe this attribute of solitary by thinking of his lonely conditions and emotion.

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