Abstract
Xin Qiji wrote 24 Ci poems to the tune of Lin Jiang Xian. These Ci poems' conservation makes him own the largest quantity of Ci poems to the tune of Lin Jiang Xian in the northern and southern Song dynasties. Thus, he possesses a significant place in writing Ci poems to the tune of Lin Jiang Xian and its phylogeny. Xin Qiji's 24 Ci poems are all chosen the basic double tonal patterns and rhyme schemes of Ci poems with 60 characters, and its rhyme is strictly managed. Moreover, the arrangement of level and oblique tones in these Ci poems accords with the rhyme to the tunes of Lin Jiang Xian, which even more realistic than the style summarized in the book Ci Lü and Qin Ding Ci Pu. The sentence pattern and rhyme of Xin Qiji's 24 Ci poems to the tunes of Lin Jiang Xian are mainly depends on the tonal patterns and rhyme schemes of Ci poetry. Xin Qiji chose the tonal pattern and rhyme scheme, and followed the original expression in sound and emotions, making his Ci poems gentle and fluent. Xin Qiji's 24 Ci poems were mainly written during the period of his retirement in Jiangxi. He had much more time to watch the landscape of countryside and experience the leisure and comfortable household life. Thus these Ci poems have broad themes and various emotions, and they appear the harmonious, gentle and graceful characteristics overall. These characteristics accord with the style to the tune of Lin Jiang Xian, achieving the harmony of both content and form. The tune of Lin Jiang Xian used by Xin Qiji with 60 characters appeared later and arose out of the tune with 58 characters. While the tune with 60 characters added rhyme sentence, making it more harmonious, neat and popular among the literati. From the preserved Ci poems, we can find this style was firstly created by Teng Zongliang, then it was formed into pattern by Su Shi. After the creative practices of Ye Mengde and other Ci poets, finally, this style was confirmed by Xin Qiji with fixed features and style, meanwhile, with this style, Xin Qiji wrote a large number of Ci poems and proved the vitality and influence of this style.
First Page
100
Last Page
109
Recommended Citation
Zhu, Huiguo. 2017. "The Style of Xin Qiji's 24 Ci poems to the Tune of Lin Jiang Xian and Its Significance for Studies of the Tunes of Ci Poems." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 37, (4): pp.100-109. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol37/iss4/18
