桂树黄鸟两相依——论袁枚与程晋芳的交谊

The Attachment Bond between a Cherry Bay and an Oriole:On the Friendship between Yuan Mei and Cheng Jinfang

袁枚和程晋芳是清乾隆时期两个著名文人,前者为著名文学家、性灵派代表人物,后者为著名诗人、学者和藏书家。在乾隆文坛,两人不仅交接广泛,而且私交甚笃,他们在四十余年的交往生涯中结下了深厚的情谊,也传下了许多令人称赏的佳话,可谓是文人交往的典范。袁枚曾形象地把他们之间的情谊比作是桂树与黄鸟之情。

Yuan Mei and Cheng Jinfang were two famous scholars of the early Qing Dynasty, the former is a well - known writer and the representative of the School of ＂Xingling School＂, the latter a well - known po- et, scholar and bibliophile. Both of them had a vast social connection in the literary arena of the Qianlong＇ s time, as well as a deep private friendship between the two. During their more than 40 years relationship them forged a deep friendship and left behind lots of good anecdote, providing a model of literati friendship, which was compare to the attachment bond between a cherry bay and an oriole by Yuan Mei.