Coarse Cloth and Fine Brocade
Intertopicality, Lyricism, and Nature in the Poetry of Sugawara no Michizane and Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21741819 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mikhail Skovoronskikh (0000-0003-3874-5916, University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-115 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japanese Language and Literature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-7827 • E-ISSN: 2326-4586 |
| Publisher | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5195/jll.2022.235 |
| OpenAlex | W4220748101 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Sugawara no Michizane 菅原道真 (845–903) and Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn 崔致遠 (857–?) share a remarkable number of traits inviting a comparison of their literary works. This study explores the two men’s poetry—the pinnacle of cultural production at the time—to shed more light on the reception of Sinitic tradition by authors hailing from the margins of the Chinese ecumene. It suggests that Michizane’s reception of Sinitic lore was idiosyncratic and, despite his purported disregard for the vernacular, strongly conditioned by the often unseen presence of the native poetic tradition. Conversely, no such presence is immediately discernible in Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn’s oeuvre. The comparative approach developed in this study casts doubt on several established notions regarding the so-called wa-kan dialectic and draws attention to similar issues in Korean literary and intellectual history that deserve more attention in English-language scholarship
Art · Dialectic · Literature · Lyricism · Poetry · Scholarship · Theology · Vernacular · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy
The Worship of Confucius in Japan
Languages, scripts, and Chinese texts in East Asia
Chapter 46 of the Samguk sagi
The Fracture of Meaning
Sugawara no Michizane and the Early Heian Court
The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction
Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn’s P’ungnyudo and Present-day Hallyu
Lyricism and Intertextuality
Seeds in the Heart
Brocade by Night
| Highly cited | No |
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