| Zhang Yu was a well-known Taoist-priest in the middle and late period of Yuan dynasty, also he is a scholar of enormously important influence. This paper is going to analyze Zhang Yu's social intercourse deeply, basing on the study of his poem collection, and try to find the reason why he earned a greater fame than his actual achievements in poetry. This paper will be divided into three parts.Chapter one is the textual studies of Zhang Yu's poem collection. After collated and compared, the five volumes is the photocopy of Yuan dynasty version. It is the oldest version, has the best quality and ought to be the master copy. The seven volumes is late, and its collection of works is the most complete. It together with the Zhang Yu's poems in Gathering of Caotang can be used as the supplement and collation. The three versions have in total 202 discrepancies. This chapter will analyze and identify and correct the sorting of the typical discrepancies, to provide a more complete version for the following study of Zhang Yu, at the same time, it is referential value for collating works of Zhang Yu in the academic circle.Chapter two is the textual research and discussion of Zhang Yu's social intercourse. Zhang Yu made friends with celebrities in the capital, such as Yu Ji and Sa Doula, and they regarded Zhang Yu as the friend of practicing Daoism and the Daoist immortal. Their poems created when presenting were relevant to Taoist activities. The refined scholars who Zhang Yu contacted in the Jiangnan culture circle were Yang Weizhen and Huang Jin. They communicated the poems, books and Chinese paintings a lot when in the parties and feasts and when wandering the hills and mountains, which showed scholars'elegant life in Jiangnan. The hermits and Taoist priests whom Zhang Yu made friends with were Ni Zan, Zhang Yuanyou and Xue Xuanqing. They pursued seclusion in spirit and embellished daily life with aesthetics, which both reflected that the aesthetics of scholars in Yuan dynasty.Chapter three will investigate the reason why Zhang Yu earned a greater fame than his actual achievements in poetry. Zhang Yu had a deeper influence in his times, which is greater than the evaluation that today's people make of his literary status. As far as I'm concerned, the main reason is that the personality and artistic accomplishments of Zhang Yu were what the scholars pursued and admired. Zhang Yu's identity as a Taoist priest, his hermit personality and his interest in making friends and traveling all improved his status in the literary circles. This showed the situation that the Taoist and the scholars'social intercourse were very popular in the Yuan dynasty, and it also showed that scholars in the Yuan dynasty tended to pursue seclusion in their lives.Through the study of Zhang Yu's social intercourse and his literary status, It is clear to understand the characteristics of scholars and literature in the late Yuan dynasty. |
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