英文摘要
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This paper attempts to shed light on the term ligan that first appeared in the Eastern Jin, and to take it as the theoretical basis for examining the intersection of Wei-Jin metaphysics and poetry. Two theoretical models-the metaphysical ligan (affectivity of patterns in nature) and the aesthetically appreciative meigan (affectivity of beauty in nature)-are applied to analyze the particular qualities and historical significance of Xie Ling-yun's shanshui (mountain-and-river) poetry. In the former model, shanshui poems are written with ligan; connecting the actual landscape with metaphysical allusion, these poems employ specific landscape imagery to form an ”affective field.” Although this type of shanshui poetry uses metaphysical allusion, it clearly illustrates Xie Ling-yun's shift away from xuanyan (metaphysical poetry). In the latter model, this response to natural pattern is developed into meigan, a response to beauty, and merged into the experience of appreciating beauty in nature. In his meigan poetry, Xie Ling-yun uses his own language to repeatedly interrogate the interrelationship between qing (emotion), li (pattern/order), and mei (beauty), demonstrating how the natural environment transforms a person who follows his emotions into one that is able to appreciate beauty.Ligan and meigan on the one hand present the different characteristics of Xie Ling-yun's early and later shanshui poems and on the other display the important transition from xuanyan to shanshui in Chinese poetry. Indeed, Xie Ling-yun's achievement in developing ligan into meigan best exemplifies the development of Six Dynasty aesthetics.
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