Research On Female Ci Poets And Ci Poetry In Ming Dynasty

With regard to the research on female poets and their Ci writings in the Ming Dynasty,with the publication of various documents in recent years,there has been a relatively solid literature foundation.On the basis of mostly fragmented and case studies in the past,this article systematically sorts out the female poets of the Ming Dynasty and their Ci writings,analyzes the reasons for their prosperity,understands the female poets of the Ming Dynasty and the overall situation of their Ci creations,explores their thoughts,analyse the characteristics of form and style,and then establishes its position in the history of Ci.The thesis is divided into the following parts:The introduction part mainly introduces the research significance of the thesis,summarizes the literature foundation and the past research of the academic circle,and briefly introduces the research objects and methods of this article.The first chapter is an overview of female poets and Ci composing in the Ming Dynasty.At the very beginning,after taking the factors of personal view,composing time and the thoughts in the social changing period,this article see those who were born between1368-1644 as the female poets of the Ming Dynasty.On the basis of “Complete Ming Ci”and “Complete Ming Ci Supplement”,by re-tracking and re-testing,411 female poets and2888 Ci were confirmed after supplement and elimination.By textual research of this article,52 female Ci writers and 360 of their Ci were newly added,both More than 12% of the total.At the same time,more than 20 non Ming Dynasty female poets were excluded.With statistic figures we can get the basic feature of female poets in the Ming Dynasty and their Ci writings in the Ming Dynasty,including their general era and region,etc.This article makes an examination of the activity period of more than 80% female Ci poets in Ming Dynasty.It also puts forward new views on the Ci Activities of the important female Ci poets.based on which we can roughly see the the prosperous scene of female poets in the Ming Dynasty and their poetry Ci.The second chapter explores the background of the creation and prosperity of female poets in the Ming Dynasty.From the perspective of stylistic evolution,it analyzes the inspiration and encouragement of the poetry Ci fashion in the Ming Dynasty to the creation of female poets in the Ming Dynasty.At the same time,it also analyzes the inheritance of female poetry Ci in the Ming Dynasty.Secondly,it discusses the profound influence of the special time background of the late Ming Dynasty on some characteristics of the female poetry Ci of the Ming Dynasty.The third chapter is to understand the thought content of female poetry Ci in Ming Dynasty from the perspective of "inside the boudoir".The first is the boudoir world of female poets in the Ming Dynasty,including their love experience,the uneasy mentality of women of different identities,the affection between relatives and friends and the interest in life.Secondly,the female poets of the Ming Dynasty paid attention to their gender state,including the self-fascination and mutual appreciation of women,the manifestation and rebellion of female morality,and the germination of female consciousness.The fourth chapter is to understand the thought content of female poetry Ci in Ming Dynasty from the perspective of "outside the boudoir".The first is about the source of the family and country feelings of the poetesses,and the poetry Ci of the Ming adherent poetesses with different attitudes and rich connotations.The second is about the life thinking of the poetesses,including the thoughts of seclusion and the yearning for going into the religious fairyland.The fifth chapter is about the artistic styles and features of female poetry Ci in Ming Dynasty.It explores its formal characteristics from the use of tone,small prefaces and inscriptions,gives examples of images commonly used such as dreams,flowers,spring and full,as well as analyzes its different artistic styles.The sixth chapter is about the position evaluation of female poets of the Ming Dynasty,in respect of Ci history,Ci history of Ming Dynasty and female Ci history.Firstly,female poetry Ci in Ming Dynasty regressed to the original feminine characteristic of Ci.These original female singing are different from those composed by male poets.Secondly,the Ming Dynasty female Ci contributed a lot to the revitalizing of Ming Ci both in quantity and quality.Thirdly,apart from the inheritance and development,the outstanding Ming poetesses even make breakthrough and surpass the Tang and Song poetesses.Lastly the poetesses of Ming Dynasty also explored wider space for the Ci writing of poetesses in Qing Dynasty,and even participated and promoted the climax of Qing Dynasty female Ci.This article's conclusions like breaking through the Tang and Song Dynasties,helping the Ming Ci revitalization,and participating and promoting the prosperity of female Ci in the early Qing Dynasty,are all brand-new views,which are supported by a large number of data.The appendix is a supplement to the first chapter,including the general situation of the questionable research objects,the sources of supplements to the research object's Ci,and the specific situation of the female poets of the Ming Dynasty grouped by the era of activity.