This study is carried out by classifying it from four perspectives. Focusing on the emotions of Joy, anger, sorrow and enjoyment(喜怒哀樂) that humans experience in life, the types of play corresponding to looking at the phenomenon. It is an attempt to ...
This study is carried out by classifying it from four perspectives. Focusing on the emotions of Joy, anger, sorrow and enjoyment(喜怒哀樂) that humans experience in life, the types of play corresponding to looking at the phenomenon. It is an attempt to symbolically explore play culture of Weijin era by deriving a double meaning from the joy, anger, sorrow and enjoyment contained in each letter.
1. ‘Xi (Play:戱)’ : creativity, shocking, and bizarre entertainment
This section examines the types and aspects of games and entertainment that were popular at the time. In 『ShìshuōXīnyǔ(世說新語)』, unique and diverse entertainment activities and entertainment culture unique to the Weijin period are described. Spectacular llinguistic playfulness, pedantic debates, tactics, craftsmanship and betting are variously recorded.
In the language play section, mainly discuss doctrinairism-qīngtán(淸談), a pedagogical debate, and rhetoric and humor armed with literary content. Starting with Cheongdam, the way of interacting with celebrities who disguised political remarks and social discourse with sharp ridicule, humor, satire and wi is also a cultural trend leading the era of Weijin.
Amusement refers to various hobbies and games in which noble people use their leisure time. Throughout the text, figures of celebrities who pursue sensual pleasures and immerse themselves in hedonistic hobbies are found throughout life. It is interesting that there are types of play that can be recognized as dominoes and board games of today.
In betting, there are scenes in which celebrities show off their somewhat absurd and cruel aspects to show off their power and wealth. Cases of using a maid's life or breaking expensive objects without hesitation to show off their power serve as a window into which Wijin's values of the times in dealing with 'life' and 'material' can be read.
2. 'Lu (Expression:露)' : the flow of culture that opens, expresses, and exposes
This paragraph examines a culture that appreciates and values appearance and style, or a culture that accepts and affirms individuality and unique clothing. In addition, it considers the fandom culture that admires and follows the ideal person they seek.
Appearanceism explains the trend of Weijin era that emphasized appearance. 『ShishuoXinyu』 contains a number of anecdotes that put much value on the trend of judging people based on their appearance, speech, behavior, attitude, dress, and atmosphere among the noble people. The appearance of colorful clothes and accessories, evaluation of individual looks and appreciation of styles, and the daily use of men's make-up, appearance, and decoration of accessories attracts attention.
The star-following culture is a kind of ‘fandom phenomenon’. A current of admiring and following a person was formed, praising the outstanding qualities or unusual habits of a specific person as if it were a special skill or talent, and adoring and following the person as an ‘object of admiration’ or a ‘mentor of imitation’.
3. ‘Ai (Affection:愛)’: attachment, collection, and aesthetic enjoyment
This part refers to the way that people of Weijin era attach to people and things and enjoy them aesthetically. That attachment disposition encompasses the emotional aspects of love, lust, sympathy, lust, and intimacy, as well as the material aspects of lust for water and greed.
Through love-supremacy, we can see the attitude and sensibility of people of Weijin era towards the opposite sex. Cases that a woman commits murder out of jealousy, anecdotes about the loss of dealing with the death of family and a story of woman who seduces men indiscriminately let us define the Weijin era as a 'age of human' which tolerated intense emotions of intimacy, desire, or jealousy.
The section of Aesthetic indulgence and possession is about the affection transferred to an object. There are many cases of recognizing things in the realm of signs and inclinations. At that time, among celebrities, there were many examples of using materials imported from foreign peoples, such as leather clothes, porridge (dairy products), lamb and folding chairs through various routes. It was also fashionable to enjoy unusual items, such as jeweled duster and crane feathers, and to collect luxuries such as coral. They also craved food, alcohol, or drugs, or showed symptoms close to addiction.
4. Yue (Art: 樂 ) The prevalence of music, art and dance
Through this part, the general arts such as music, art and dance are considered. During the Weijin era, foreign instruments, songs, dances, and styles of painting flowed in through contact with various foreign peoples, so there were different variations of existing instruments, unique melodies and strange dance motions. Through daily references and episodes about funeral songs(輓歌), architecture, calligraphy and painting, we can get a glimpse of how music and art have permeated their daily lives.