广西词坛的奇葩:高寿丰产的女词人韦懿贞

Flower of Guangxi Ci Literature: Wei Yizhen,the Oldest and Fruitful Female Ci Poet

韦懿贞是广西最高寿丰产的女性词人。她出身永福名门,生活于晚清时期,享年八十岁,传世有诗词赋总集《倚松居烬存草》。由于地处僻远,作品传播有限,加之缺乏整理,关于韦懿贞词的研究颇为寂寥。韦懿贞的创作周期长,创作成果丰硕,虽然受传统伦理道德影响,自焚其稿,但在《倚松居烬存草》中仍收录词作39首,成为广西地域存词最多的女词人。她的词作描写自然景物,书写闺阁生活,表现女性情怀,清丽雅洁,自然天成。韦懿贞的词产生于桂北浓厚的文化氛围,具有强烈的女性特征,使广西词人结构更趋丰富和完整,推动了地域文化与文学的发展。

Wei Yizhen is Guangxi＇s oldest female ci poet who died at the age of eighty. She was born in Yongfu in the late Qing Dynasty, and had a collection of ancient poetry Rest of the Manuscripts After Burning in Leaning Pine Habitation. Because of her remote living place, limited communication of her works, and the lack of collating, there are few researches on Wei Yizheng ci poetry. Wei Yizhen ha long periods of creation and produce fruitful works. Although for the influence of traditional ethics, she burned her manuscripts herself, she still leaves 39 ci poems, which make her the female ci poet with most collection of ci in Guangxi region. Her ci poems, which describe natural sceneries, narrate boudoir life and express female feelings, are elegant, beautiful and natural. Wei Yizhen g el, with strong femininity, were produced out of strong cultural atmosphere in North Guangxi, which make the structure of Guangxi ci richer and more complete and promote the development of regional culture and litera- ture.