养花书生姜希颜

Kang Hee-an,A Literati Scholar Who Grows Flowers

本文通过朝鲜时代初期姜希颜著述的《养花小录》来观察文人养花的思想,了解当时文人对花的审美态度和欣赏方式。姜希颜对鲜花倾注了特别的感情。作为以诗、书、画三绝而扬名的他,以自身对艺术的感受性为基础,展现了对园艺学的深厚造诣。他通过养花和树木来陶冶心灵,将对花和树木之美的热爱升华为对自然和人类的热爱,从中领悟自然和人生的道理。并以此为基础,探求书生人格形成,寻找治世的智慧。姜希颜不仅仅是单纯地养花和树木,还从养花的过程领悟到了生活的态度和智慧。在仔细观察花草树木生长以及培育花树成长的实践中,找到了提升和培育心性的修炼之法、培养君子之德的修身之法以及广泛教化百姓的智慧之法。对他来说,种植和培育花木是塑造伟大人格的一种方式。

The purpose of this paper is to understand the aesthetic attitude and way of appreciating flowers of literati scholars,by examining the book Yanghwasorok(A Book on Growing Flowers)written by Kang Hee-an in the early Joseon Dynasty.Kang Hee-an had a special affection for flowers.He was famous as a poet,calligrapher,and painter,and moreover showed a deep knowledge of horticulture based on his artistic sensibility.By growing flowers and trees,he cultivated a beautiful mind and learned the principles of nature and man.His love for the beauty of flowers and trees was sublimated into his love for nature and humans.Based on this,he promoted the cultivation of personality as a literati scholar and sought wisdom for reign.Kang Hee-an goes beyond simply growing flowers and trees to master the attitude and wisdom of life.In other words,while observing and implementing the reason for the growth of flowers in detail,he found a method to cultivate the virtues of the noble.Furthermore,he learned the wisdom of educating the people widely from there.For him,growing and cultivating the beauty of flowers and trees was a way to build a great personality.