The Embodiment of Taoist Thought in Victor Segalen's Stele Poem Collection

谢阁兰《碑》诗中的道家思想书写

Victor Segalen (1878–1919), a French sinologist, is distinguished in the history of cultural exchange between China and the West. His poetry collection Stèles emerges as a critical site of Chinese and Western cultural interaction, where Taoist concepts are dynamically integrated into its context and aesthetic characteristic. The study reveals that the poems in Steles directly express Taoist concepts such as “Dao and Nothingness”, “Wu Wei” (non-action), and “dialectical thinking”, and include the themes of reclusion and leisure, carefree wandering, and mystical illusions. His work of friendship and individual value aligns with Zhuangzi's philosophy. Segalen incorporates Taoist ideas into his poems, either directly or by more subtle incorporations, they not only examine the understanding of the complex Chinese ideological and cultural origins in his poetry, but also provide a new perspective on the research of Chinese and Western poetry traditions.

法国汉学家谢阁兰是中外文化交流史上的杰出人物，他的诗集《碑》堪称中西文化交融的瑰宝。以《碑》诗中的道家文化思想元素为线索，深入剖析诗歌文本内容与审美特征。研究发现，《碑》诗不仅直接表达了道家思想中的“道与无”“无为”“辩证思想”，还蕴含了隐逸、任诞逍遥、玄虚妙幻等深受道家影响的诗歌气质。此外，《碑》诗中强调友谊和个人价值的思想趋向与道家庄子思想也有着类同之处。谢阁兰受中华文化中道家思想的直接或间接的影响，在诗歌创作中或直接移用，或以更隐晦的方式表现道家文化意蕴。而对谢阁兰《碑》中道家思想书写的梳理，有助于理解谢阁兰诗歌中复杂的中华思想文化源流，也为中西文化交流的研究提供了独特的视角。