From Tang Sound to Song Tune - Focusing on Early Northern Song Poetry - Eastern Cultural Integration

Author: Zeng Xiangbo
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book conducts an empirical examination of the status and role of early Northern Song poetry in the historical process of "from Tang tone to Song style" from multiple perspectives, including political concepts, official systems, academic rationale, cultural mentality, and poetic art. The introduction reviews relevant research achievements in academia on this issue and explains the basic concepts, research scope, and argumentation strategy of this book. Chapter 1 discusses the orthodoxies of the Daoist and literary traditions in the early Northern Song period, which serve as the deep political and cultural background for the Song poetry's recognition of the new changes in Tang-era sounds. Chapter 2 examines the continuation and transformation of the poetic style of the late Tang and Five Dynasties in early Song poetry. Chapter 3 explores the early Northern Song poets' emulation of Bai Juyi and Han Yu, discussing the early Northern Song poetry's identification and acceptance of mid-Tang poetry from the perspective of the literary inclination in the official system and factional struggles in court politics. Chapter 4 analyzes the influence of the academic trend of valuing historical records and literary diction in the early Northern Song period on the formation of the Xikun style, and discusses the relationship between the Xikun style, the Bai style, and the Yishan style. Chapter 5 discusses two issues in the Tang-to-Song poetic scene—the interaction of poetic forms and the poetic vision—and points out the contributions of Ouyang Xiu and Mei Yaojun, the representatives of the early Song poetic scene, to these issues. The conclusion provides a summary of the status and role of early Northern Song poetry in the historical process of "from Tang tone to Song style." The main content of this book includes: the influence of early Song political and cultural concepts on the issue of the inheritance of Tang-Song poetry, the continuation and transformation of late Tang poetic styles, and more.