The relationship between emotion and leaning was a major topic in the poetic circle during Mid-Qing Dynasty (Qian-Jia period), which has been discussed extensively. With an approach combining philology and poetics, this article takes the compilation and publication of Huang Jingren'speotry as a case study, to investigate the interpersonal contacts and poetic interaction of Mid-Qing poetic circle. HuicunShichao (悔存诗钞) edited by Weng Fanggang is the first collection of Huang Jingren's poetry. Weng's purpose was to unfold Huang's innate character through strictly selecting Jingren's poetry, and his editing standard was to exclude sentimental and complaining poems. Wang's editing was a poetic practice reflecting his opinion about scholarly poetry and a specific example of the interaction between scholarly poetry and poetical poetry. The criticism of Hong Liangji and the differences in selecting poetry by Bi Yuan and Wang Chang reflected the disputes among different principles in Mid-Qing poetic circle and the divergences of WengFanggang, BiYuan, WangChang and others in terms of poetic concepts such as learning and emotion. Therefore, the issue of editing and publishing exhibited the dialogue and confrontation among different poetic principles in the Mid-Qing poetic circle. Weng Fanggang's editing is a typical case of poetic debate about emotion and learning during Mid-Qing period. This article focuses on investigating the process of compilation and publication, and the related interpersonal contacts, and specially analyzing the reasons for deleting poems, to demonstrate the disagreements and disputes of mainstream poetics. The main contribution of this article in research of Qing poetics is to establish a research path from textual criticism to poetics, combining critical study of poetry collection with discussion of poetic concepts, and exploring macroscopic mainstream poetics from the perspective of specific literary events.
YAN Qingyu.
Interpersonal Contacts and Poetic Interaction: A Critical Study on Weng Fanggang's Editing of HuicunShichao(悔存诗钞). Jinan Journal. 2024, 46(1): 32-46 https://doi.org/10.11778/j.jnxb.20231129