文献视阈下的《幽怪诗谭》诗歌来源及其意义

Sources of Poems in You Guai Shi Tan and Its Historical Significance from the Perspective of Literature Analysis

《幽怪诗谭》选诗于舒芬的《玉堂诗选》与《圆机活法》,目前可考者为30人45首诗歌,其中新见诗人19人,新考诗歌来源24首。从文献视角观察可以发现,明代诗文小说的发展经历了“剪灯式”的自铸伟词,到“奇闻式”的剪裁名作,再到“诗谭式”的取法启蒙诗学,完成了诗文小说在明代的完整变迁。

Poems in You Guai Shi Tan are selected from Yu Tang Poetry by Shu Fen and Yuan Ji Huo Fa. Up to now forty-five poems written by thirty poets have been identified in the work, among which twenty-four poems and nineteen poets are sources verified for the first time. From the literature and documents, we can find that poetry novels experienced three stages of transformations in the Ming Dynasty: the stage of “Jiandeng”, which refers to the creation of one’s own poems and integrate them into stories;the stage of “Qiwen”, which means borrowing words from existing masterpieces to tailor to the writer’s needs, and the stage of “Shitan”, which suggests taking reference and citing from poems that are used for teaching children.