具体描述
本书收〈明湖居杂诗〉一小诗集与〈长生殿〉洋歌剧脚本;都是闲来信笔涂抹而又敝帚自珍的修定稿。〈杂诗〉不多,自述怀旧、闲居快游、历史时事、游艺遐想各体粗略具备。〈长生殿〉剧中死不见尸的杨玉环还阳,替唐明皇招魂而后追随以俱去,是游戏笔墨,或可算做翻案文章。律体诗的平平仄仄,其系统跟作者的母语没多大差别。在这古老的诗国里南腔北调,古今词汇与方言历来都是「现代」文学语言的源泉;书中遂照样杂揉文白与俚语。诗体老旧,但长存于一般人日常的口耳之间,旧瓶不妨装新酒;况且无律的古体与失律的打油,除了用韵,堪称自由。虽无深意,写现实不显隔阂。 This book of verse consists of a volume of miscellanies and an opera libretto, composed by the amateur author whose profession is the historical Chinese linguistics. There are biographic, nostalgic, historical writings, travel notes, and a certain fantasia. As his mother tongue is fitting for the tonally regulated poetry, all the pieces are in the vintage poetic forms. The blend of colloquialism with traditional and dialectal expressions as well as the street talks in one pot somehow helps to bring closer the gap between the archaism and the modern life.