Abstract
This paper reports a verifi cation study of the Chinese word "you-rang" in Tao Yuanming's poetry. It was used to express a sense of a relaxed or dreamy mind which was compared with subsequent examples of Wang Wei's poems. In this paper Wang Wei's "you-rang" is carefully considered to have been affected by Tao Yuanming. Thepurpose of the study is to clarify by an analysis of his literary works the change in the meaning of "you-rang."Previously several studies compared the poet's poems with those in the same period of Tao Yuanming's "you-rang."Despite these studies, no comparison has been made with the later one. Therefore, this paper establishes a new comparative method in the study of Chinese poetry. The research revealed that Wang Wei was one of the poetsaffected by Tao Yuanming; however, regardless of the use of "you-rang," it was not infl uenced by Tao Yuanming.
