憂鬱的南方──孫元衡《赤嵌集》的臺灣物候書寫及其內在情蘊

The Melancholy South - Sun Yuan-heng's Writings on Formosan Products and Climate in Chi-Kan Collections and Their Internal Implication

本文以安徽文人孫元衡（1661-？）的《赤嵌集》為分析對象，探討清代宦臺人士如何透過中國傳統詩歌既有的文化累積，如何以異鄉人的敏銳耳目，感知臺灣這個南方島嶼「物產」及「氣候」的特殊性？如何將之化為詩篇，作為自己的生命記錄，並傳遞給未曾渡臺者嶄新的訊息？而後進一步分析，宦臺者觀察、書寫的心理樣態。希望藉由文本的詮釋，更具體地了解宦臺者的情意世界，以及面對生命困局的調適之道。並試圖釐清在臺灣這個四季如夏的海島所產生的古典文學作品，與中國傳統詩歌有著什麼樣的呼應關係？又，是否具有屬於臺灣書寫的特異之處？希望提供另一個觀察清代臺灣詩歌的角度。

By using Chi Kan Collections of Sun Yung-heng (1661-?), a scholar from Anhui, as the target for analysis, the article is designed to discuss how an expatriate officer in Taiwan for the Qing Dynasty comprehended and sensed the exotic “products” and “climate” of Taiwan, a south island from his homeland, through Chinese traditional culture heritage of poetry and sensitive awareness as an “alien”, and how Sun translated them into poems as well as his keen observation of life and sent a new message to his mainland readers. The article will further explore what ideas, or metal state, could lead the expatriate officer to express and incarnate his experience with such a writing. With the interpretation, we attempt to specifically understand the expatriate officer's sentiments and thoughts and how he adapted himself while addressing the dilemma of life. In addition, we probe into the association between the classical literature of Taiwan – a south island that is hot all year round – and Chinese traditional poetry, and also try to identify if there is anything specific that exclusively belongs to writings about Taiwan. Following the exploration and discussion provided above, we intend to offer a contemporary perspective to observe poetry in Taiwan during the Qing Dynasty.