Study of the Interaction of "Scenery" and "Emotion" in Xie Ling-yun's Poetry and its Relation to Buddhist and Taoist Thought

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00368
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02020:Chinese literature-related
• Research Institution: Aichi University of Education
• Principal Investigator: DOZONO Yoshiko 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80514330)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 謝霊運 / 山水詩 / 賞 / 廬山慧遠 / 感応

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study mainly examines the relationship between the Huiyuan group's landscape poetry and Xie Lingyun's poetry.
The preface to “You Shi-men shi” by monks of Mount Lu and the poem “Cong Jinzhu-jian yue ling xi xing” by Xie Ling-yun unfold in exactly the same way, describing the responsive manifestation of transcendent entity sensed in nature, followed by reflection, leading to true enlightenment. In addition, both Hui-yuan's “You Lu-shan shi” and Xie Ling-yun's “Yu Nan-shan wang Bei-shan jing hu-zhong zhan-tiao” share a perception that it is by wandering alone that it becomes possible to realize principle, indicating that Hui-yuan's “gan-ying” corresponded to Xie Ling yun's “shang”. The stance of Hui-yuan's group, which regarded writing works about the mountain scenery as an act that could lead to liberation, may have had an influence on Xie Ling-yun's poetry writing and gave rise to his landscape poems that described interactions between the scenery and the mind.

Free Research Field

中国古典文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

謝霊運による山水詩の確立は、中国叙景詩の歴史において一つの画期をなしている。しかしその詩がいかなる思想的背景のもとで形成されたのか、その独自の表現や詩境はいかに解すべきなのかについては、今なお十全に解明されてはいない。本研究は、当時の仏教界の重鎮であった廬山慧遠とその周囲の人々の山水詠を謝霊運詩と比較考察することによって、山水詩成立過程の一端を解明し、また研究者によって解釈が分かれている謝霊運のいくつかの詩について、新たな見解を提示したものである。