Trois aspects de la lune dans la poésie Tang : Wang Wei, Li He, Li Shangyin

Abstract

Kôzen Kiroshi : Three Aspects of the Moon in Tang Poetry. Wang Wei, Li He, Li Shangyin. The Moon, an entity towards whom every human being is able to raise his eyes, has been celebrated at all times all over the world. Tang poetry frequently presents a stereotyped image of the Moon that does not exclude other images more peculiar to each poet that reflect his individual personality and specificity. Turning to the Moon, poets tend to project their soul. One can use the image they give of the astral body as a mirror which reflects their interests and thoughts. The present article concentrates its investigation of the theme on the rather extreme cases of Wang Wei, Li He, and Li Shangyin. The research reveals evidence of their differences and allows to characterize their originality. The author wishes to stress how it would be desirable to continue on the whole corpus of Tang poetry the same investigation for the entirety of Tang poets.