台湾爱国诗人许南英不赴任原因新论

New Viewpoint on the Cause about Xu Nanying's not to be an Official

许南英是台湾近代著名爱国诗人。他考上进士后被授予官职,但没有赴任就回乡了。关于此中原因,一般认为是由于他志向不在当官,但通过分析可以发现,更为深层次的真正原因应是贫穷。弄清这个原因,对于解读他的诗作和更好地了解后来他在不得已的情况下走进官场的痛苦心境均有帮助作用。

Xu Nanying was a famous Taiwan Residents patriotic poet in modem times. When he passed the imperial examinations, the Qing dynasty＇s government gave him an official position. But he didn＇t go to his post and returned to his native place. Why did he do like this？ Someone holds that he did not like officialdom. In fact the deeper reason is impovefishinent. As long as we know the real reasons why he was unwilling to be an official, we will find out an important key to read his poem. We can also better understand his pain of having to enter officialdom.