清代狀元李振鈞的詩性養成及其詩歌特性考論

An Examination of Li Zhenjun’s Poetic Cultivation and Idiosyncrasy

Abstract

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.

道光九年狀元李振鈞著有《味燈聽葉廬詩草》二卷，在後期作品大量散佚的情況下仍存詩四百餘首。李振鈞的人生境遇、詩性養成與科舉考試密切相關，他的詩是窮而後工的表現。詩學上轉益多師，取法多變，而通籍後所作大概與陸游詩最爲契心，故受陸詩的影響較大。遺憾的是，同處於晚清宋詩運動的浪潮中，由於種種原因，李振鈞卻是個邊緣人物。他的詩集經歷百年沉埋再見于世，雖未給人以滄海遺珠的驚喜，但仍不失爲晚清文學史研究的一個有價值的案例。

Ranked number one in the national civil service examination of the ninth year of the Daoguang reign period (1829), Li Zhenjun is the author of Drafted Verses of the Studio of Tasting the Lamp and Listening to the Leaves (Weidengtingye lu shicao) in two fascicles. More than 400 poems are still extant even though most of his works dated from his later years did not survive. The national civil service examination had a profound impact on Li Zhenjun’s life and the formation of his poetic cultivation. His poetry is a realization of the common theory that “one’s poetry excels only when one becomes disillusioned.” In poetics, Li emulates several masters and adopts a variety of methods. His poems written after taking office became a close match with Lu You’s, as a result of the profound influence from Lu. Unfortunately, for some reason Li was marginalized in the Song-dynasty shi-poetry movement during the late Qing period. After a century of obviation, Li’s oeuvre was rediscovered. Although it has not been a great surprise, it serves as a valuable resource for a case study of the literary history of the late Qing period.