唐詩 속 ‘茂陵’의 상징과 삶과 죽음에 대한 인식

Abstract

Maoling means the ‘grave of Han Wu Di’ and also ‘a recluse Simaxiangru’ in the poetry of the Tang Dynasty. The objective of this paper is to examine the direction/attitude toward life and death of intellectuals of the Tang Dynasty implying the image of Maoling. Maoling symbolizing the death of Han Wu Di means the death of the highest authority and honor swaying a generation and also symbolizes the failure in Wu Di's desire for eternal life aiming to become a god-like being getting out of death. The poets in the Tang Dynasty express the death of human beings and the necessity of the historical rise and the fall in their poems by borrowing the image of Maoling. Simaxiangru symbolizing as Maoling is the image implying a gifted writer romanticist winning a love upright scholar exhorting the king with literature and a wise man secluding after giving up the government post. The poets in the Tang Dynasty express their desire for the immortal spirit instead of the immortal body by projecting themselves onto Simaxiangru. It aims to gain the honor and also to leave immortal works containing their artistic spirits by expanding self-achievement into social duty to accomplish public affairs.