The Eight Friends of Jingling

Japanese: 竟陵の八友 - きょうりょうのはちゆう
The Eight Friends of Jingling

…This refers to the literature of the Yongming era (483-493) of Emperor Wu of Qi during the Six Dynasties period in China. Poetry was the mainstream, and its core members were the so-called “Eight Friends of Jingling,” including Xie Yuan, Ren Fang, Shen Yue, Lu, Fan Yun, Xiao Chen, Wang Rong, and Xiao Yan, who gathered under Emperor Wu’s second son, King Jingling, and Prince Wen Hui. They gathered at literary meetings held in King Jingling’s western residence and the prince’s eastern palace to write poems. The characteristics of their poetry are beautiful expressions, skillful allusion techniques, and application of rhyme theory. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Eight Friends of Jingling" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国,六朝時代,斉(せい)の武帝の永明年間(483‐493)における文学をいう。詩が主流であり,その中心となったのは,武帝の第2子,竟陵王や文恵太子の下に集まった謝朓(しやちよう),任昉(じんぼう),沈約(しんやく),陸(りくすい),范雲,蕭琛(しようちん),王融,蕭衍(しようえん)ら,いわゆる〈竟陵の八友〉で,彼らは竟陵王の西邸や太子の東宮で開かれる文会に参集して詩を作りあった。その詩の特徴は,綺麗な表現,巧みな典故技法,そうして韻律論の適用である。…

※「竟陵の八友」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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