Poetics of"Hui Shou":The Allusive-Imagery of"Hui Shou"in DU Fu's Poetry And Its Poetical Mood Construction
"Hui shou",namely"looking back",is a typical allusive-imagery with actions and narrative,to which DU Fu showed a special attention in Chinese poetry history.While he inherited the lyrical tradition of using"looking back"in the context of farewell and attachment to the monarch in pre Tang,he made pioneer-ing contributions to shaping its poetic connotation.For one thing,DU Fu incorporated the phenomenon of"looking back"into the combination of"matter-cut"and"reason-cut",creating a diversified context of love affair,thus making the"looking back to Chang'an"being expanded into a rational contemplation and scrutiny of the country and the times.Secondly,DU Fu fully explores the interactive quality of time and space con-tained in the phenomenon of"looking back"and gives it a temporal meaning,linking the memories of the indi-vidual with those of the country,so that"looking back"evolves from a phenomenon of behavioural action to a process of recollection with a temporal dimension.DU Fu's portrayal of"looking back"typically reflects his poetic atmosphere of"ending with lingering scene",which constitutes the role elements of his image as an"elder Confucian"and"pedantic Confucian".
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