南朝民歌中的思妇诗 = FOLK SONG OF THE SOUTHERN DYNASTIES: THE THEME OF "SIFU"

Abstract

This five-chapter dissertation studies Si-Fu (思妇诗）taken from folk songs of the Southern-Dynasties. Si-Fu poems appeared as early as 600 B.C. in the “Anthology of Classical Poems ” (诗经) and emerged as one of the main subgenres in Chinese Classical lyric literature. Nevertheless, studies on the sentimental aesthetic value of Si-Fu poems have not emerged as a major topic of interest. Hence, the aim of this thesis is to provide an exploratory insight into this subgenre in the Southern-Dynasties. The major work of this thesis covers the study of the language used in Si-Fu poems and the discussion of its style. Their language is characteristically plain and simple in form. The elegant image of Si-Fu and the objects of nature forms the unique tenderness style. Moreover, from the Si-Fu poems we clearly see the great importance that Si-Fu place on love. This is the main emphasis of Si-Fu poems. Lastly, this work stresses the significant influence of poems in the work of the later dynasties , especially the Si-Fu poems in the Tang Dynasty and the Wan-Yue Ci (婉约词) in the Song Dynasty .This five-chapter dissertation studies Si-Fu (思妇诗）taken from folk songs of the Southern-Dynasties. Si-Fu poems appeared as early as 600 B.C. in the “Anthology of Classical Poems ” (诗经) and emerged as one of the main subgenres in Chinese Classical lyric literature. Nevertheless, studies on the sentimental aesthetic value of Si-Fu poems have not emerged as a major topic of interest. Hence, the aim of this thesis is to provide an exploratory insight into this subgenre in the Southern-Dynasties. The major work of this thesis covers the study of the language used in Si-Fu poems and the discussion of its style. Their language is characteristically plain and simple in form. The elegant image of Si-Fu and the objects of nature forms the unique tenderness style. Moreover, from the Si-Fu poems we clearly see the great importance that Si-Fu place on love. This is the main emphasis of Si-Fu poems. Lastly, this work stresses the significant influence of poems in the work of the later dynasties , especially the Si-Fu poems in the Tang Dynasty and the Wan-Yue Ci (婉约词) in the Song Dynasty .