曾燠与清代中期诗坛

Zeng Yu and the Poetic Circles in the Mid-Qing Dynasty

曾燠扬州府署的题襟馆连接着四方的文人。曾燠交游甚广,不仅有各层官员和名流,还有大批寒士,尤其是游幕文人。曾燠的诗歌以浓郁的抒情见长,浅白流畅,清新有意境。超越了唐宋之争,重新接续了清初钱谦益、吴伟业的路子,在继承与融合中又不失个性。其诗论、诗风代表的正是传统士大夫的情趣,所持守的也是精英阶层的文学传统,既开明又保守,既关注时尚又不趋附时尚,既广师各家又有自己的个性。虽受性灵派影响,却与其诗歌追求并不相同。从曾燠的诗歌中能看出清代中期诗坛的风向,看到清人为诗歌作出的努力与探索。在文学发展内在动力的驱使下,清代中期的文人自觉不自觉地顺从了文学发展的规律,努力摆脱经学思维,继承诗歌的抒情传统。

Zeng Yu＇ s Tijin Guan was linked with friends from all over the country, and Zeng Yu had a large circle of friends and acquaintances engaged in the poetic circles, from poor scholars to all kinds of officials, especially Youmu literate. Zeng Yu＇ s poems were fresh and obvious,with strong lyric colour. His poetic theory surpassed the Tang and Song Dynasties, succeeding in Qian Qianyi and Wu Weiye in the early Qing Dynasty. His poetic theory represented different styles and had its specific character. Zeng Yu stuck the literary tradition of scientific elite, open - minded and conservative, concerned about fashion and dispersing fashion. Although Zeng Yu＇ s poetic theory was close to school of self - expression, his pursuit of poetry was different from it. We can find out the poetic tendency in the mid - Qing Dynasty from Zeng Yu＇ s poems. The poets in the mid - Qing Dynasty made great efforts get rid off exegetics thought and succeed in lyric tradition of poem.