Research Seminar by Prof. Asami Yoji (4/2024, Summary)

The Institute is very glad to invite Prof. Asami Yoji from Osaka University to speak at a research seminar for postdoctoral fellows and research students of our institute and Department of Chinese Language and Literature, during his visit at HKBU. Details are as follows:

On Hui Hong’s Connection with Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, and the Poetics of Jiangxi School of Poetry

Organizers: HKBU Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute, Institute of Creativity
Date: 16 April 2024, Tuesday
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
Venue: Rm SWT505, Level 5, Shaw Tower, Hong Kong Baptist University
Speaker: Prof. Asami Yoji (Professor, Division of Humanities, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University; University Fellow of Hong Kong Baptist University)
Moderator: Prof. Zhang Hongsheng (Director of Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute, Chair Professor of Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Language: Mandarin

Summary:
日本大阪大學院人文學研究科淺見洋二教授2024年4月16日上午蒞臨我校,為本校副研究員及碩博士研究生們展開了題為「『明珠走盤』與『無意自然』——惠洪與蘇、黃及江西詩派詩學之聯結」的座談會。淺見洋二教授希望從惠洪的詩學理念與特質入手,探討其與蘇軾、黃庭堅及江西詩派詩學之連接。
在第一部分,淺見教授從惠洪與「有力」的詩學談起,指出惠洪詩歌中呈現出的「力」及其帶來的運動與變化。第二部分,淺見教授轉入惠洪與「無意」或「無意自然」的詩學的相關討論,他從《周易•渙卦•象傳》的「風行水上,渙」句引入,論述了惠洪詩歌中超越作者支配而追求自然之美的詩句。進一步,淺見教授指出江西詩派其實也同樣看重「自然」,不僅在時段上(從北宋到南宋)有從「有意」到「無意」的轉向,在同一作者如黃庭堅身上亦存在這兩種不同的面向,該觀點最早由莫礪鋒與錢志熙等人提出,近二十年逐漸成為學界共識。第三部分,淺見教授論述了惠洪與「活法」論的形成,「活法」意味著自由的法度,該議題是呂本中在有意識地以蘇濟黃,消除江西詩派末流的生硬造作之弊的背景下提出的,最終由深受江西詩派影響的楊萬里發揚光大。淺見教授指出,惠洪在詩作中大量使用了「明珠走盤」的意象,「盤子」指代詩歌的本體和文人精神,「明珠」則指詩歌的語言,明珠在盤中各種變化和運動,卻沒有留下明顯痕跡,這顯然回應了「無意自然」的詩學。這種文學觀源自江西詩派鼻祖黃庭堅的詩學,同時也與蘇軾的詩學存在淵源——基于這一點,可以認爲江西詩派的詩學不僅受到黃庭堅的影響,同時也受到蘇軾的影響。最後,淺見教授帶我們回顧了文學史上「明珠走盤」意象的譜系,其中涉及創作者、接受者、詩歌文本等多個維度,值得我們進一步的考察。
(Recorded by Chen Keyu, SHI PhD student)

Click to know more about other presentations by Prof. Asami Yoji:
First Lecture: Youli and Wuyi: On Images of Wind and Water in Chinese Poetics: https://shi.hkbu.edu.hk/en/youli-and-wuyi/
Second Lecture: A comparison between Su Shi and Lu You: with a focus on the perception of filial piety, taxation, and divinity: https://shi.hkbu.edu.hk/en/a-comparison-between-su-shi-and-lu-you/

The visiting scheme is sponsored by Hung Hin Shiu Charitable Foundation.