王必昌〈臺灣賦〉台灣風土書寫之研究

Abstract

There are totally 3 pieces of ”Fu” all under the same title of ”Taiwan” in Qing Dynasty, Among the three, Wong Bi-chungs work was accomplished the lastest but incidentally the most boundtiful, The total length of Wongs work achieves more than 2180 characters, The Lesicons and mostly romantically classic, It is full of thorough introduction of Taiwanese folklores and tales, The subtle humanistic concern of the poet for his fatherland is read between lines, It is even nicknamed ”Encyclopedia of Eighteenth Century Taiwan Folkores”, Some literary scholars have chosen it as best candidate for anthologies denoting Taiwan perspectives, It was almost included once in the materials for Mandarin textbooks for junior high students, Scholars had hoped that it will yield its influence on patriotism and nationalism among its potential readers. Wong was born in Jiung-xi The-hua, He was invited by Taiwan magistrate Lu Ding-mei in Qien Long year sixteenth to come to Taiwan to participate in the revising of Taiwan Chronicles, That was the time he accomplished ”Taiwan Fu” as well as ”Peng-hu Fu”, Although Wong came from Mainland, his thorough knowledge of Taiwan data on antiques and historic sites was nevertheless awe-striking, His ”Taiwan Fu” encompasses almost all phases of Taiwan at the time, Its historic and literary standpoint is manifest and outspoken, It was found incorporated inside ”Literary History Book” in ”Re-editting Taiwan County Chronicles”, Critics discovered that it was meant to be complimentary of the chronicles itself, They suppose Wong wished that it would add to the varieties and counterpoints of the Chronicles at hand. Literary reviews before me had allocated the literature as (a) singled out as only the Fu genre of Qing Dynasty, (b) Frontier genre, (c) material for parallel study on Chronicle genre, or (d) good composition in essence worth introducing. This paper aims at deeper excavation of the literature itself with stresses on his unique Taiwanese perspectives like, his eloquence on the geographical importance of Taiwan, historic views from a more Taiwan-centered scope, beautiful itineraries of Taiwan scenic spots, discoveries of fiora and fauna, observations on folk collective behaviors, revelations on aborigines of Taiwan, together even with protocols of natural disasters. The researcher provided all the corpus there has been to provide a view that has never before seen, The autobiographical study was also combined.