江淹作品的道家倾向

The Taoist Inclinations of Jiang Yan’s Works

南朝时期,道教盛行。很多文人不仅思想上尊崇道教,创作中也自觉不自觉地流露出道家倾向。谢灵运、沈约等人表现尤为突出,一向受到研究者的关注,而同处南朝的江淹则一直没有引起研究者的注意。纵观江淹现存的作品,其中的道家倾向非常明显。忽略此点,就不能很好地把握江淹作品的创作思维和艺术成就。文章从确凿的史料出发,论述了江淹作品道家倾向形成的原因及其在游仙和玄言两个方面的具体体现。

Men of letters in the South Dynasty were much influenced by the Taoism quite prevalent then. They not only paid much tribute to it in their ideology, but also demonstrated their Taoist inclinations in their works. Predominant among them were Xie Lingyun, Shen Yue and Jiang Yan. While the first two have received much attention from researchers, Jiang Yan nearly goes unnoticed. In fact, Jiang’s works are also much Taoism-loaded. Without realizing this, we can hardly have a thorough understanding of his thinking on creations and his artistic achievements. This paper explores the causes for his Taoist thinking in his works and the way it is embodied in his fairyland discourses and metaphysical essays.