姚鼐와 袁枚의 交遊- 姚鼐의 〈隨園雅集圖後記〉를 중심으로

Abstract

This study paid attention to Postscript to the picture of the elegant meeting at Suiyuan(隨園雅 集圖後記). Two figures are mentioned in this writing. It can be said that the characters show the relationship between Mei Yuan(袁枚) and Nai Yao(姚鼐) well. Yuan was deeply related to Fan Yao(姚范) and Jinfang Cheng(程晉芳). This writing shows that Yuan, Cheng and Yao the three were more intimate than in the literary history. The full-fledged friendship between Yao and Yuan began in 1790, when Yao came to Nanjing to take on academy’s lectures. Along with this, academic companionship were also made between Yuan and Yao. Though there were some disagreements in philosophical theories of Song scholars between them, it did not affect their friendship. In fact, there were many more issues that sympathized with each other. After Yuan died, Yao wrote the epitaph to show his usual trust. When considering the deep relationship and friendship between the two, It’s only understandable that one promoted many successors based on academy and the other based on one’s own gardens, and some of them studied between them. In short, the companionship of Yuan and Yao in the space of Nanjing in the 18th century is not only a meeting on a private level, but as a result of their active academic activities based on their own learning, character, and educational philosophy in human friendship and academic bond, As academic partners, they complemented each other and organized the academic landscape of Nanjing.