陶潛和《列子》－讀《連雨獨飲》

There are a number of ways by which one text can refer to another: parody, echo, allusion, structural parallelism, and direct quotation, to name the most obvious. Some scholars believe that all texts are woven from other texts, whether consciously or not. This study begins by tracing one inter-textual link from Robert Frost back to William Shakespeare. It then explores allusive influences on four of Tao Qian's陶潛(365-427)best known poems, starting with a reading of ＂Drinking Alone in a Continuous Rain＂, arguing that one particular passage in Lie Zi列子provides an underpinning for these four poems, and thereby suggesting the importance Lie Zi had for Tao Qian.