徐的《红云社约》与红云诗社——晚明文人雅集之一例

Xu Bo's Party in the Hong Yun Club and the Hong Yun Club of Poetry——An Example of the Literator's Elegant Party in the Late Ming Dynasty

万历三十六年(1608)夏,闽中荔枝大熟,绛囊挂树,夕阳照射,满天红云,谢肇淛与徐结餐荔会,组织红云诗社,徐作《红云社约》。社友频繁聚会城中名胜,遍尝佳品,作品甚多。荔枝,具有很高的美学观赏价值,唐宋以来文人津津乐道,蔡襄为作《荔枝谱》,到明代已形成荔枝文化。《红云社约》是一篇有特色的小品。红云社是一个有浓厚地域特色的、很能体现文人雅兴的诗社。

In the summer of 1608 year, in Fujian Province, the litchi acquired a bumper crop. Together with Xu Bo, Xie Zhao-zhe organized a club of poetry, named Hong Yun Club. One day, bathed in the setting sun, many literators came to the club, having a feast of litchi. In the party, Xu Bo composed Party in the Hong Yun Club. Later, the members of the Club held many more parties at scenery spots, writing poems over all kinds of wonderful cuisine. Litchi had a very high value of esthetics, and, since the Tang and Song dynasties, found favor with literators. Therefore, Cai Xiang wrote Record of Litchi. Up to the Ming Dynasty, the litchi culture had already formed. Party in the Hong Yun Club is a sketch with a special feature. And Hong Yun Club is a club of poetry, which had a strong local color and embodied the literator＇s elegant pleasure.