变来寂寞还风雨,苦我同光以后人——李绍莲及其《小芳园诗草》述论

Li shao lian and his Poetry of small garden

李绍莲是清同光后期贵州诗人,他经历清王朝覆灭与中华民国成立之剧变,生平及诗作以戊戌变法为界分为前后两部分。前期为读书与科举时期,诗作主要表现为对功名的追求与失落。后期为乡居教书时期,诗作主要表现为对时局世风的忧虑和对民生民俗的担忧。李绍莲的经历及思想具有典型的时代特征,其作品《小芳园诗草》的价值与意义在于保存了当时基层社会真实的社会状况和基层个体在社会变迁中的心理变化。

Li Shao lian was a Guizhou poet.He lived in the period of Tongzhi and Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. He experienced the perish of the Qing Dynasty ＇ and the founding of the Republic of China. Li Shaolian＇s life and poetry is divided into two parts according to the limits of the reform movement of 1898. Early Li Shaolian was mainly prepared for the imperial examination. Li Shaolian＇s early poetry theme was the pursuit and loss of fame. In the late stage he mainly lived on education. During this period, the theme of his poems changed to the worries and concerns of people＇s lives and customs. Li Shaolian＇s experience and thoughts have displayed the typical characteristics of those times. Poetry of small garden preserved the real social status of the lower class society, as well as the psychological changes of the individual poet during that time.