Research On Viewing Vulgar As Elegance In Huang Tingjian’song

There was a clear bound between elegant and vulgar for a long time, but things become a little different in Song dynasty. The prosperity of commodity economy and the expansion of townspeople stratum make the secular culture move upward elegant culture. And the maturation of Tang poetry makes it difficult to innovate, poets wanted get rid of the rigid pattern, the commonly used words, so they turned to folk somewhere Tang dynasty poets hardly involved. They found beauty in the common daily life, they used the fresh dialect materials to make an alienation effect, so linking elegance with inelegance became the characteristic of Song poetry. Huang tingjian is an very important poet in the progress of Song poetry, he was not only used vulgar things in his poem, but also in his songs.The essay based on the text analysis and intensive reading of Huang tingjian’s songs, the understanding of Huang tingjian’s life experience and social cultural background helps me get a more accurate view on my object.Huang tingjian’s songs link elegance with inelegance, it first shows in more daily life in the theme. Huang tingjian used usual life common ruts into the scope of his writing including mundane affairs and vulgarian. The second performance is its oral features of the language, including spoken language, folk adage, reiterative locution which is easier to understand more accurately convey emotion. The third performance is that Huang tingjian used allusions of WenJin novels and Tang legends which is regarded as vulgar before. He put much his personal feelings and wills in his songs, thus enrich the connotation and deepen the theme, he finally successfully achieved the change from vulgar to elegant.There are three reasons of why Huang tingjian use vulgar as elegance. First reason is the impact of Liuyon. Liuyong used great quantities common colloquial dialects to express his feelings, which showed a new possible to Huang tingjian. Second reason is the impact of Sushi. Sushi composed Ci as poetry, which means whatever can be expressed in poetry can also be expressed in Ci. In this way, Huang tingjian find a way to change vulgar to elegant. Third reason is the impact of Zen. "common mind is the road" is his ideological foundation.Huang tingjian link elegance with inelegance is actually his personal interaction between vulgar and elegant. It makes certain significance in the history of development.