晩唐 李山甫 시 연구

Abstract

Li Shan-fu, a poet of the Late Tang, is speculated to be a native of Shanxi(山西) Province. It's estimated that he was born in around several times in the Huichang(840-845) and died in around several times in the Kaiping(907-910)of Post Liang. Li Shan-fu took the jin-shi examination several times in and around 864, but his all efforts failed. He engaged upon his restless troubles throughout his life, seeking the social connections necessary to gain a public recognition and high rank. But he could not accomplish his desire in his life, and the sorrow of his own personal situation had made a great influence on his writing poems. This thesis aims to analyze the themes of his poetry. Li Shan-fu's 98 extant poems, nearly all of which consist of the regulated forms, can be divided into five groups. The first group expressed a bitter satire on the corruption by politicians the ruling class. The second showed a sense of futility and a historical lesson through the medium of poems on mediating on the past. The third expressed his hopes for participation in politics and his political frustration arising from fail in the jin-shi exam. The fourth expressed the pursuit of retirement, which was born for political reasons, and the enjoyment of retired life. The fifth expressed his friendship with his true friend. Some scholars say that his style is common or easy. But I think that his poetical style consists of both common and peculiar styles, which were major trends at the period between Xiantong period and the Five Dynasties. It is considered that this distinction of his poetical style gave his poetry its place in the Late Tang, especially the end of the Tang.