韩愈『燕喜亭记』的文学景观意义

Abstract

Han Yu(韓愈)'s “Record of Yanxi Pavilion(燕喜亭記)” is a model work of Tang Dynasty literati reshaping the landscape of Lingnan. Not only does naming Lianzhou's mountains and waters with moral connotations through Confucian discourse, transforming natural landscapes into symbols carrying the ethics of the Central Plains, but it also signifies a subtle shift in Tang Dynasty literati's understanding of Lingnan(嶺南), from prejudice against "miasma and fear of soil" to aesthetic discoveries of the spirituality of mountains and waters. From the perspective of literary geography, taking the literary landscape as the starting point, it can be found that the dissemination of "The Story of Yanxi Pavilion" has given birth to a dual literary landscape: at the level of virtual literary landscape, "The Story of Yanxi Pavilion" as a masterpiece has influenced the imagination of later literati about Lingnan scenery. At the level of tangible literary landscape, Yanxi Pavilion has gained lasting cultural life due to Han Yu's inscriptions. In the process of layered enrichment, Yanxi Pavilion has become a cultural landmark of Lianzhou. The cultural expansion and transformation of the cultural space in Lingnan during the Tang and Song dynasties, where literati lived, deeply participated in the generation of various literary landscapes in Lingnan.