王夫之 ≪薑齋文集⋅九昭≫ 역해(1)

Abstract

Wang Fuzhi’s JiangZhai WenJi(薑齋文集)⋅JiuZhao(九昭) is an important work of his old age, originally at the end of ChuCiTongShi(楚辭通釋) which is completed in 1635. The motive of Wang Fuzhi for this work is that he imitated his work and write this work, because his career and enthusiasm for serving the government of Nanming(南明)is Similar to Qu Yuan(屈原) in the process of interpreting ChuCi. Therefore, this work adopts the method of confession and adds his interpretation behind the poem. Reffering to Qu Yuan is to express his emotions with him. It is a very important document to understand the spirit of Qu Yuan & Wang Fuzhi and to understand ChuCi & ChuCiTongShi. “XiaoXu(小序)” of JiuZhao is a description of the motive for writing JiuZhao, One is that Song Yu(宋玉, 298~222 B.C.) and Liu Xiang(劉向, 79~8 or 77~6 B.C.) did not fully understand the spirit of Qu Yuan, so he tried to reveal the sprit of Qu Yuan through JiuZhao. Another one is that he had gone through a great deal of hardship in the late Ming and early Qing China, but the regret which had no choice but to regain his own will, was worse than that of Qu Yuanf, because he wanted to describe his mind through JiuZhao. “Gu Zheng(汨征)” is the expression that Qu Yuan was sent into the Jiang Nan Province and felt sadness and depression when he saw that the different land of country between Yuan Xiang(沅湘) and Ying(郢), and so he expresses feelings that can not forget the country with sorrow. “Shen Li(申理)” is the expression of the feelings that the Qu Yuan is loyal to the king, angry with the courtesans and the feelings that Qu Yuan can not tell express yet. Wang Fuzhi’s JiuZhao represented himself through Qu Yuan.