Jiang Fan "Boat Wine Words" Notes

Jiang Fan, who living in the KangXi, JiaQing, DaoGuang dynasties, was one of the major scholars of Qianjia Yangzhou School. He was good at Confucian Classics and Historiography. And his teacher was HuiDong’s student. They attach importance to the relationship and inheriting of their masters. His great book the Inheriting of Han Academic Tradition is know by many people. The book is about the inheriting of other scholars in Qing dynasty, and it is important to the study of Qing academe. JiangFan, who was expert in poetry and lyrics, was fail in the Imperial Examination System. He had many friends who living in everywhere in China.Lyrics do not directly express ourselves feelings. The author’s subconscious is seen from lyrics. We can know which feelings is from that. In addition, Jiang Fan was good at rhyme. Many developing ideas about rhyme is seen in his lyric book. However, people ignored those. They were attracted by the achievement of JiangFan’s Confucian Classics, because it is so brilliant. JiangFan often use Literary Quotation which is a kind of important lyric carrier. And there is not much tender style in his lyrics. He was good at rhythm, and you will find many unique views of the rhythm in his lyrics.There are 50 lyrics in PianZhouZaiJiuCi, and ZiYuXiao is collected.Natural is his lyrics’ style.In terms of content, there is so many lyrics Inscribed on Painting. JiangFan likes putting his feelings into the scenery he described. So we can know what he espressd from the scenery. This is one achievement of JiangFan’s lyrics. The other one is rhythm about his lyrics.