On Chen Kuilong’s Poetry Exchange of “Rejoin the Luming Feast” and the Mentality of the Surviving Adherents of the Qing Dynasty 论陈夔龙重宴鹿鸣唱和之遗民心态书写

Abstract

论陈夔龙重宴鹿鸣唱和之遗民心态书写

摘要

民国二十二年（1933）陈夔龙适逢重宴鹿鸣之期，征和海内，成为当时清遗民文化圈的一场盛事。清遗民借这场重宴鹿鸣唱和的“表演”，书写出自己于清民易代的隐微心态。参与唱和的大多都是身负前清科举功名的遗民及旧式文人。他们延续清代重宴鹿鸣唱和的传统，通过一唱众和的形式，回溯从光绪元年（1875）恩科中举到民国二十二年（1933）重宴鹿鸣间的历史，表现出对于科举制度的缅怀与昔日功名的眷恋。时殊世异，陈夔龙重宴鹿鸣唱和已经从传统的主题“耀科名而彰人瑞”转变“为汐社、月泉更添一故实”。清遗民通过遗民话语系统，表现出与历朝历代相似的故国愁绪，特别是非遗民受唱和背景与投赠对象的影响，亦表现出一致性的特征。在社会变革、文化转型的背景下，陈夔龙等遗民乃至旧式文人通过唱和沟通声气，保存旧体诗词创作的薪火，并表达出对以经学为代表的中国传统学术失传的担忧。

关键词：陈夔龙，重宴鹿鸣，唱和，遗民

On Chen Kuilong’s Poetry Exchange of “Rejoin the Luming Feast” and the Mentality of the Surviving Adherents of the Qing Dynasty

Abstract

Chen Kuilong rejoined the “Luming Feast” and the poetry exchange in 1933. Most of the poets who participated in the activity were the survivors of the Qing dynasty. They continued the tradition of “Rejoin the Luming Feast” of the Qing dynasty and traced back the history of the late Qing dynasty, displaying their nostalgia for the imperial examination system and their attachment to past achievements and fames. As times have changed, the traditional theme of Chen Kuilong‘s “Rejoin the Luming Feast” has been changed from celebrating the honour of the Imperial Examination System to the theme of the surviving adherents of the former dynasty. They showed the same mood of the country as in previous dynasties through the discourse system of the surviving adherents of a former dynasty. Chen Kuilong and other deceased citizens expressed their concern about the loss of traditional Chinese learning represented by the study of classics under the context of social transformation and cultural transformation.

Keywords: Chen Kuilong, Rejoin the Luming Feast, poetry exchange, surviving adherents of a former dynasty