论唐代落第士子省亲诗

The Homecoming Poetry of Scholars Failing in the Imperial Examination of Tang Dynasty

唐代重视孝道,但人们因为各种原因不能在家奉养双亲。因此,省亲在唐代是一种非常普遍的社会现象。唐代士子省亲是孝敬父母的表现,落第的士子创作了大量的落第省亲诗来表现内心的苦闷和不能光耀门楣的无奈。唐代的落第士子的省亲诗多用老莱子"娱亲侍亲"的典故,体现了对归家侍亲的渴望和对儒家家庭伦理的倡导和推崇。

People attach importance to filial piety in Tang Dynasty and can not take care of their parents for various reasons. So coming home to take care of parents becomes a popular social phenomenon. The scholars failing in the imperial examination create many homecoming poems to expree their sadness. The poems employ the allusion of Lao Laizi to expree homecoming wish and to promote confucious family ethics.