| Abstract |
Dai Jun-ren(1901-1978) is known to be one of the representative scholar who created a legacy of Chinese classical academy and thought. However, unlike the academic works, his poems and poetics were almost forgotten in the discourse of contemporary classical poetry. Actually, he was accomplished in poetry which not only expressed old memory but also rich and vivid observation in Taiwan since the late 1940s. This paper will delve into Dai Junren’s Meiyuan Shicun and shed light on the experiences and feelings in the poems in comparison with Tai Jingnong and other poets from Mainland China to Taiwan in the turbulent era. In addition to nostalgia, Dai enthusiastically appreciated and recorded in the evergreen flowers and trees and abundant products in this subtropical island. Even to the typhoon and heavy downpour, Dai always chose to maintain the inner peace. This quiet dignity were rooted from his self-cultivation of Confucianism and the model of Ma Yifu. The study will try to offer a in-depth look at Dai’s spiritual life and valuation of significance of his poems in the context of classical poetry and mind in contemporary Taiwan. |
