On the Disease Writing and Emotional Struggle of Qian Qianyi's Poems to Ward off the Cold on a Sick Bed
Qian Qianyi's Poems to Ward off the Cold on a Sick Bed written from the winter of the second year of Kangxi to the beginning of the third year of Kangxi,less than five months before his death,can be regarded as his final work.Exam-ining this group of poems from the perspective of illness can provide a better understanding of Qian Qianyi's state of mind in his later years.At this time,Qian Qianyi was plagued by illnesses such as deafness,blurred vision and gas problems,and thus sought relief from Buddhist and Taoist ideas,but rather than becoming a spiritual support,these ideas became his choice of imagery resources for expressing his illness.The poems depict numerous groups of ancient people who are sick and poor,and this character mages are subjectively transformed by Qian Qianyi,with the image of Han Yu representing Qian Qianyi's confirmation of his position as the leader of the literary world.The illnesses in the poems imply a critique of the Ming dynasty and a metaphor for the movement to restore the Ming dynasty,and point to Qian Qianyi's self-construction of his desire to clear the shame of being a turncoat official.The weather writing,structural patterns and character imagery of the poems reveal the emotional struggle between despair and hope,revealing the true experience of Qian Qianyi in the midst of illness.
Qian QianyiPoems to Ward off the Cold on a Sick Beddisease wntingemotional struggle
NETL
NSTL
万方数据
