Abstract
The Antiquity-Revival Movement had a profound influence on literature in the Ming Dynasty, which also showed in poetics as the devaluing of poetry written in the Song Dynasty and establishing a direct lineage between the then prevailing Ci-poetry to the ancient poetic tradition of the Han-Wei and Six-Dynasties. Thus, the study of Ci-poetry in Ming Dynasty expanded its scope of exploration into aspects such as the tonal, lyrical and aesthetic qualities in poetry. Due to the inherent affinity between the Ci-poetry in the Southern Song Dynasty and Shi-poetry in the Song Dynasty, the poetics of Ci-poetry in the Ming Dynasty established a poetic lineage that valued the Ci-poetry in the Late Tang and Song Dynasties, a lineage comparable to the poetics of Shi-poetry that valued the Shi-poetry in the Han-Wei and Six Dynasties. In writing practice, a path of innovation through emulation was advocated in writing practice. The paper concludes that a relation of co-construction can be found from the comparative study between the Antiquity-revival movement and the poetics of Ci-poetry in the Ming Dynasty and that the movement had a general positive function for the construction of the poetics of the Ming Dynasty and provided a stepping stone for the perfection of the Ci-poetry theory in the Qing Dynasty.
First Page
103
Last Page
111
Recommended Citation
Yu, Yi. 2013. "The Antiquity-Revival Movement and the Study of Ci-Poetry in the Ming Dynasty." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 33, (5): pp.103-111. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol33/iss5/17
