Discussion of the Literary Quotations of Diplomats in Yu Xin’s Works and His Homesickness and Shame
Author: Hon-Kin Kan (Centre for Language in Education, The Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Vol.&No.：Vol. 61, No. 1
Date：March 2016
Pages：33-54
DOI：10.6210/JNTNULL.2016.61(1).02
Abstract：
This article emphasizes the processes and effects of Yu Xin’s diplomatic missions. Yu Xin participated in various diplomatic missions in the Southern Dynasties and was detained in the north. Because Yu Xin could not return to the south, he finally became a political turncoat in the Northern Dynasties. This experience profoundly affected his literary works. Yu Xin was originally a diplomat of the Southern Dynasties and thus experienced guilt and shame after becoming an official of the Northern Dynasties. These emotions combined with his homesickness, causing his works to reflect deep sadness and regret. In Yu Xin’s works, many literary quotations of diplomats helped to effectively express these emotions and enhanced the artistic appeal of these works.
Keywords：literary quotation, diplomat, Yu Xin, homesickness, shame
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