In the third year of the Yuanfu reign (1100), Emperor Huizong of Song ascended the throne and granted a general amnesty across the realm. Su Shi was transferred from his place of demotion, Changhua Army on Hainan Island, to Lian Prefecture. He crossed the sea on the night of the 20th day of the sixth lunar month and arrived at Hepu on the fourth day of the seventh lunar month. After staying there for fifty-six days, he traveled upstream along the Nanliu River northward, passing through present-day Hepu, Pubei, Bobai, Yulin and Beiliu before heading to Teng Prefecture. This journey marked a pivotal trip in his later life that witnessed the transformation of his state of mind and the finalization of his poetic and prose style. Most previous studies have focused on anecdotes of Su Shi’s stay in Lian Prefecture and the mooncake allusion in his poem Farewell to the Magistrate of Lian, "Small cakes, like chewing the moon". Few have conducted literary and geographical research tracing the entire waterway of the Nanliu River, and the river section within present-day Pubei has long been overlooked. Centered on the river system, this paper draws on annotated editions of The Collected Works of Su Shi and The Collected Poems of Su Shi, Kong Fanli’s Chronicle of Su Shi, Lian Prefecture Records compiled in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Wang Xiangzhi’s Records of the Famous Places and existing stone inscriptions and cultural relics. It investigates the timeline of Su Shi’s travel along the Nanliu River, people he met, scenery along the route and his surviving poems and prose. It clarifies the division between the ancient administrative region of Lian Prefecture in the Song Dynasty and modern Hepu and Pubei, analyzes the formation of his open-minded philosophy in later years, and interprets the unique value of the millennial symbiosis between Su Dongpo’s cultural legacy and the regional culture of the Nanliu River.
关键词
苏轼/元符北归/南流江/廉州行旅/文学地理/宋代岭南风物
Key words
自动检测 English Su Shi/ Returning North in the Yuanfu Period/ Nanliu River/ Travels in Lianzhou/ Literary Geography/ Lingnan Customs of the Song Dynasty
