Study on the XiaoLing’Ci(小令詞) of the late BeiSong Dynasty(北宋末期)

The purpose of this study is to recognize that the XiaoLing’Ci,(小令詞) which the foundation of Chinese Ci’literature(詞文學), did not disappear helplessly through the literary transformation of the time, but to recognize that there were Ciren(詞人) who persisted to the end and practiced it, and to grasp its traces and aspects. For this purpose, this study will examine the works of Wei Furen(魏夫人)、Li Zhi-Yi(李之儀)、Zhang Shun-Min(張舜民)、Zhong Shu(仲殊)、Chen Ke(陳克), the major writers of the late BeiSong Dynasty(北宋末期), in order to conform the appearance of poetry at that time. The contents of the study on the five Ciren are as follows. First, the XiaoLing’Ci of Wei Furen, in its lofty form, held to a euphemism. Second, the XiaoLing’Ci of Li Zhi-Yi was prominent in conceptions, based on simplicity that refrained from implication, and the use of light language、emotional language、plain language. Third, the XiaoLing’Ci of Zhang Shun-Min are narrated with disparaging emotion, and although they are not strong, they call for social contradiction and reform of character. Fourth, the XiaoLing’Ci of Zhong Shu are full of cosmetics smell, even though they are the works of monks, which proves that the mainstream of Ci’literature at that time was the Ci’literature and he was no exception. Fifth, the XiaoLing’Ci of Chen Ke inherited Wen Tingjun(溫庭筠)’Ci, but Wen Tingjun’Ci is colorful and rich in color, while Chen ke’Ci pure and light. The above five Ciren can be seen to have continued their works rich in personality based on the tradition of previous XiaoLing’Ci.