The Literary Expression and Cultural Memory of Southern Song Dynasty literati on the Jingkang Incident
Jan Asman's"cultural memory"perspective divides human cultural memory into two boundary values:forty years and eighty years.In different periods of the Southern Song Dynasty,the literary writing and evolution of the ancient capital Bianjing by poets from different periods also coincided with this.Those who have personally experienced the"Jingkang Incident"such as Emperor Huizong and poets who fled to the south during the Northern Song Dynasty,regard the Bianjing city in their expe-riences or memories as a lyrical object.Poets who grew up in the Southern Song Dynasty depicted the ancient capital more in an imaginative way,expressing their aspirations for restoration.After the mid Southern Song Dynasty,with the extension of time and the disillusionment of the ideal of restoring the country,the cultural memory of the former capital Bianjing faded away.Some poets'poems about Bianjing have gradually emerged from the traditional theme of"the difficulty of Jingkang"and pres-ented richer ideological connotations.