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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by University of Oregon Scholars' Bank BAIJUYIANDTHENEWYUEFUMOVEMENT by JORDANALEXANDER GWYTHER ATHESIS PresentedtotheDepartment ofEast Asian Languages and Literatures andtheGraduateSchool oftheUniversityofOregon inpartial fulfillment oftherequirements forthedegreeof MasterofArts June2013 THESIS APPROVALPAGE Student:JordanAlexanderGwyther Title: Bai Juyi andtheNewYuefuMovement This thesis has beenacceptedandapprovedinpartial fulfillment oftherequirements for theMasterofArts degree intheDepartment ofEast Asian Languages and Literatures by: YugenWang Chairperson Maram Epstein Member Allison Groppe Member and KimberlyAndrews Espy VicePresident forResearchand Innovation; Dean ofthe GraduateSchool Original approval signatures areonfilewiththeUniversityof OregonGraduateSchool. DegreeawardedJune2013 ii ©2013JordanAlexanderGwyther iii THESIS ABSTRACT JordanAlexanderGwyther MasterofArts Department ofEast Asian Languages and Literatures June2013 Title: Bai Juyi andtheNewYuefuMovement Centeringmyfocus ona detailedtranslationofthe poetryof Bai Juyi's New Yuefu,Iwill reconstruct thepoet’s worldonthe foundationofpolitical allegoryfound withinhis verse.Bai Juyi oncesaidthat therearefourelements that composepoetryas a whole: Likenedtoablossomingfruit tree,theroot ofpoetryis inits emotions, its branches inits wording,its flowers inits rhyme andvoice,andlastlyits final culmination inthefruits ofits meaning.Moreover, Iwill carefullyresearchBai Juyi's correspondence withothermembers oftheNewYuefuMovement suchas Yuan Zhen.As a whole,the aim ofthis thesis is toilluminatewhat IviewtobeBai Juyi's ownunique brandofpoetic theoryas well as thesociological philosophybehindits creation. iv CURRICULUM VITAE NAMEOF AUTHOR: JordanAlexanderGwyther GRADUATEANDUNDERGRADUATESCHOOLS ATTENDED: UniversityofOregon, Eugene Central UniversityforNationalities, Beijing,China DEGREES AWARDED: MasterofArts, East Asian Languages and Literatures, 2013, UniversityofOregon BachelorofArts, East Asian Languages and Literatures, 2005 UniversityofOregon AREAS OFSPECIAL INTEREST: TangDynastyPoetry PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE: Translator,MacauHR, MacauSAR,China2007-2008 Graduate TeachingFellow,UniversityofOregon, 2006-2007 GRANTS,AWARDS,ANDHONORS: Frank X.WegmannScholarshipforChineseStudies, 2004 v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Iwish tosincerelythank ProfessorYugenWangwhohelpedmeturnanebulous ideaintoascholarlythesis. Without his timeandunwaveringsupport Iwouldhavenever beenabletofinish this project onmyown. Next IwouldliketothankProfessorMaram Epsteinforhersupport inhelpingme enroll intheUniversityofOregon Graduate Program.Herinvaluable input helpedgreatlytobringthis thesis tocompletion. Lastly, I must thankmymotherandfatherfornever givinguponme,evenwhenthis project seemedlikeit was beyondmyabilities. vi DedicatedtomyGrandmothersBonnieSmithandDorotheaGwyther vii TABLEOFCONTENTS Chapter Page I. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... 1 II. THE LITERARYTHEORYBEHINDTHE NEW YUEFUPOETRY................. 14 III. THETRANSLATIONS OFTHEPOEMS........................................................... 39 Poem 1.TheDanceofSevenBattleVirtues.......................................................... 40 Poem 2.Model Music............................................................................................ 43 Poem 3.TwoKing's Descendants.......................................................................... 45 Poem 4.TheBoundless Sea .................................................................................. 46 Poem 5.StandingSectionPlayers......................................................................... 48 Poem 6.TheChime-stoneofHuayuan ................................................................. 51 Poem 7.TheGreyHairedMaidenofShangyang ................................................. 53 Poem 8.TheNomad WhirlingDancer.................................................................. 57 Poem 9.TheBroken ArmedOldManof Xinfeng................................................. 60 Poem 10.TheGrand Pass...................................................................................... 63 Poem 11.TheCourt Astronomers......................................................................... 65 Poem 12.CatchingLocusts.................................................................................... 66 Poem 13.TheSwellingSpringWaters ofKunmingPool..................................... 68 Poem 14.Wall Yanzhou........................................................................................ 70 Poem 15.ThePeopleofDaozhou ......................................................................... 73 Poem 16.TheTame Rhinoceros............................................................................ 74 Poem 17.FiveStrings Plucked.............................................................................. 77 Poem 18.Barbarians oftheSouth.......................................................................... 79 viii Chapter Page Poem 19.TheMusicians ofBurma........................................................................ 82 Poem 20.TheBound CaptiveofRong.................................................................. 85 Poem 21. Loftythe Li Palace................................................................................. 88 Poem 22.TheHundred Linked-chainMirror........................................................ 91 Poem 23.The Limestone....................................................................................... 93 Poem 24.APairofCrimson Pavilions.................................................................. 95 Poem 25.This ActorofXiliang............................................................................. 97 Poem 26.ThePaintingofEight Stallions.............................................................. 100 Poem 27.APineat theBottom ofaGully............................................................ 103 Poem 28.PeonyFragrance.................................................................................... 105 Poem 29.Crimson ThreadedCarpet...................................................................... 108 Poem 30.TheOldManofDuling......................................................................... 110 Poem 31.Twill WeavedSilk................................................................................. 112 Poem 32.This ElderlyCharcoal Monger.............................................................. 114 Poem 33.AMother's Farewell withaSon............................................................ 117 Poem 34.ThePathat Yinshan............................................................................... 119 Poem 35.TheFashionoftheTimes...................................................................... 121 Poem 36.His LadyLi............................................................................................ 122 Poem 37.TheConcubines oftheMausoleum....................................................... 125 Poem 38.TheSalt Merchant's Wife...................................................................... 128 Poem 39.Apricot WoodBeams............................................................................. 130 Poem 40.From theBottom ofaWell,toPull upaSilverPail.............................. 131 ix Chapter Page Poem 41.TheMinister's Ox.................................................................................. 134 Poem 42.TheRabbit Fur Brush............................................................................ 136 Poem 43.Sui LevyWillows.................................................................................. 138 Poem 44.TheGrasses Boundless.......................................................................... 140 Poem 45.TheOldGraveFox................................................................................ 141 Poem 46.TheBlack PondDragon......................................................................... 143 Poem 47.HeavenCanBeGuessedAt................................................................... 145 Poem 48.The LuckyQinParrot............................................................................ 146 Poem 49.Yajiu's Sword......................................................................................... 148 Poem 50.ThePoem Collector............................................................................... 149 IV.CONCLUSION...................................................................................................... 155 REFERENCES CITED................................................................................................ 157 x
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