Wang Wei

This book is an academic masterpiece that reconstructs the spiritual landscape of Wang Wei through the dual dimensions of time and space. In the temporal dimension, the author extensively gathers poetic anthologies, historical records, and biographical materials from successive dynasties to trace the trajectory of Wang Wei's life from youth to old age, exploring the formation of his temperament and character. In the spatial dimension, the author analyzes how the spatial shift between the Chang'an court and his retreat at Zhongnan Mountain influenced Wang Wei's poetic and pictorial creations as well as his artistic vision, examining his modern sensibility-characterized by fragility and an aversion to the sordid and mundane. Through meticulous textual research across multiple historical sources, the book both restores the spiritual profile of a poet caught between the Confucian ideal of "assisting the emperor to emulate Yao and Shun" and an innate distaste for worldly filth, while also presenting the profound philosophical reflections on the mentality and artistic thought of the High Tang literati. It is truly a model work that seamlessly integrates historical restoration and aesthetic interpretation.

本书是一部从时空双重维度重构王维精神图景的学术力作。时间维度上，作者广泛收集历代王维诗文集及史传资料，勾勒出王维自青年至晚年的生平轨迹，探讨王维心性的形成过程；空间维度上，作者分析长安宫廷与终南别业的空间转换对王维诗画创作及艺术本质的影响，探讨王维纤弱、厌恶污浊的近代式心性特质。全书通过对多种史源的精密考据，既还原了诗人徘徊于"致君尧舜"理想与"厌恶污浊"心性之间的精神图谱，又呈现出盛唐士人心态与艺术哲学的深刻思辨，堪称融历史还原与美学阐释于一体的典范之作。