中日兩國文學裡的「理想鄉」──以唐代傳奇與《源氏物語》為主

The Arcadia in Chinese and Japanese Literature—An Investigation on Short Stories of Tang Dynasty and the Tale of Genji—

自古至今人們一直在追尋心目中的理想鄉，文學家們亦試著藉由文學，創造出各種不同類型的理想鄉，中國和日本的文學裡皆有出現以理想鄉為主題的場景，筆者為探討中日兩國文學裡理想鄉之異同，特別聚焦於文體相似，而且同是中日兩國早期嘗試描寫人生及探討人和其命運等問題的『源氏物語』與『唐代傳奇』。希冀對兩國文學之特質有進一步的瞭解。

To seek after an Arcadia or a Shangri-La is our eternal dream. Through fictions and literary works, writers create many types of Arcadias. It's not difficult to find examples in Chinese and Japanese literatures. In this paper, we are going to discuss the differences and similarities of the Arcadias represented in the Tale of Genji and the short stories of Tang Dynasty.