关键词: 俞明震, 觚庵, 诗风, 诗技, 诗情

Abstract: Yu Mingzhen (Gu’an) was an important poet in the late Qing Dynasty, whose poetry, whether in style, skill, or feeling, was idiosyncratic among the poets of his time. It is generally held that Yu, through studying the Song poet Chen Yuyi (Jianzhai), has attained Du Fu’s style of profound emotion and austere words; however, by analyzing his poems of different contents and at different situations, it is found that his style cannot be exhausted by such a conclusion. His scenery poems, characterized by nuanced depiction of light and shade, are reminiscent of expressionist paintings. Unadorned but colorful, truly emotional but not affectionate, compassionate but not indignant; that is the feeling expressed in his poems. Yu did not establish his own poetic school as Chen Sanli and Zheng Xiaosu did, nor did he produce so many poems as Fan Zengxiang and Yi Shunding; therefore he failed to get such worldly reputation as those contemporary poets. Yet Yu’s poetry, splendidly characteristic, is no less good than theirs; it can be certainly said that his poems will be admired forever. 

Key words: Yu Mingzhen, Gu&rsquo, an, poetic style, poetic skill, poetic feeling