Female Metaphor Research Of Ci In Tang Dynasty And The Five Dynasties

Metaphor is widely used in early Chinese Literature,Especially when the description works for female,and the description of these metaphors are excellent.Metaphor contains three elements:reality,metaphor and preposition.Authors select metaphor as expression of the beauty of women,since the metaphor can built connection between the female and the metaphor,therefore,the female can be vividly displayed in front of the reader.When authors are trying to describe the image of a women,because of the concept of beauty is abstract and needs to be embodied,then it needs to be represented by some objects in reality.For instance,the Ci Poetry,especially the Ci Poetry of Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties,The main content is to describe female image.It was a phenomenon at that time that autors used metaphors to describe women,and the use and skill of their applications were developed deeply,also,they prefer difference metaphors to describe certain parts of the female gace or female body.Hence,When a woman is being described in Ci,The metaphors can be sort many types.And these types of metaphors also have different functions for present the characteristics of women.According to the different properties and functions of these metaphors,this thesis will categorize them into plants,animals,objects,natural landscape.aand to analyze the female metaphors in different poetry.The first chapter is described the use of metaphor in Chinese Ancient Literature,and to understand why the authors chose metaphor to show the beauty of women.and how the author uses the metaphor to show the beauty of women in the Ci Poetry of Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties.The second chapter is mainly about the classification of the Female metaphor of Ci in Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties,such as the types of plants,animals,objects,natural landscape and so on.and the reasons why the author uses different types of metaphors.And to summarize the different characteristics of the metaphors,and the different functions in the performance of female beauty.The plant metaphor has the characteristics of small,beautiful and gorgeous.And they're always surrounding plants.The animal metaphor has the characteristics of small and tam.The objects metaphor has the characteristics of small,expensive,beautiful and light color.The natural landscape metaphor has the characteristics of soft and beautiful.And consider all of the above,The Female metaphor in the Ci Poetry of Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties has the characteristics of small and beautiful.The third chapter analyzes the reasons for the formation of the style of the Female metaphor of Ci in Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties.First,is the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties' s decayed society.The second is the impact of the status of women.The third is the inevitable result of the development of aesthetic consciousness.The fourth is the impact of urbanization and the development of landscape art.The fifth is the influence of regional culture.The sixth is a special creation environment where the ci poetry was born.The seventh is the inevitable need of literary creation.The eighth is the author's inner preference.The fourth chapter mainly studies the characteristics of the ci of the Tang Dynasty and the Dynasties.The metaphor has the characteristics of multiple,centralized,careful,hazy beautyand arrangement,and has the characteristics of exquisite gorgeous and graceful style,and the metaphors has the characteristics of commendatory sense,and a weakened metaphor,and has the characteristics of stylized writing.The fifth chapter mainly studies the social and cultural significance of the Female metaphor of Ci in Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties,which divided into two aspects of literature and culture.In the aspect of literature,including the writing tradition of beautiful woman.and the ci of poetry is characterized by gorgeous.and the characteristic of a poetry can be seen from the use of the metaphor.and the embodiment of metaphor embodies the progress of literature.In the aspect of cultural,it shows the social atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties,the male aesthetic,and the reflection on the real life of women.Female metaphor is generally used in the Ci Poetry of Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties,and the skilled usage is worth to study.First of all,this phenomenon reflects the advance of the female metaphor women in Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties.Secondly,the amount of these metaphors' use is a large of number,and the techniques and skills are also very great in Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties.Therefore,it is very important and worthy to study the significance of the Female metaphor of Ci in Tang Dynasty and The Five Dynasties.