A study of Li Qi's poems representing high tang literati part III

李頎の士人描写詩について(三)

A study of Li Qi's poems representing high tang literati part III

Creators Kawaguchi Yoshiharu

The purpose of this article is to research Li Qi's literature, especially to understand the features of his poems representing High Tang Literati. This article is divided into 4 parts. Part III endeavors to clarify the features of Du Fu and Li Qi's poems representing High Tang Literati (including the poets themselves). Du Fu's poems representing others and himself are the best attainment in the history of verse from Xian-Qin to High Tang. The humor and self-deprecation in his poems especially display the most outstanding distinction. In the next section, this paper researched Li Qi's poems representing High Tang Literati. The features of these poems are as follows. The further specific and concrete details of the mode of life, life history, friendship of the intelligentsia amongst the High Tang Literati can be experienced through reading the interesting narratives, episodes or biographies written by Li Qi. It is unusual often to find these features in other poets' verses. And these features show that Li Qi had an explicit role as a documentary writer.

[ISSN]2189-4825