On Zhou Ji’s Theory of “Hun Hua” in “Selected Poems of the Four Song Masters” and Its Ideological Origins

从词学史的角度而言，清代的词可以说是词派的交替更迭史，《宋四家词选》的编成与周济的词学观念有直接而复杂的联系。周济的“浑化”追求含蓄、自然、不事雕琢来创作词，他将“浑化”与“寄托”作为词学至高的审美理想，使常州词派理论得到进一步深化，但是“浑化”并不是一个新的概念，它和先秦道家思想有着千丝万缕的联系。From the perspective of the history of ci poetry, the Qing Dynasty witnessed the successive emergence of various ci schools. The compilation of “Selected Poems of the Four Song Masters” is directly and intricately connected with Zhou Ji’s ci poetics. Zhou Ji’s pursuit of “Hun Hua” (integrated transformation) emphasizes implicit expression, naturalness, and the avoidance of artificial embellishment in ci creation. He elevated “Hun Hua” and “Ji Tuo” (allegory) as the supreme aesthetic ideals in ci theory, thereby further deepening the theoretical framework of the Changzhou School of Ci. However, the concept of “Hun Hua” is not novel; it is inextricably linked to the pre-Qin Daoist philosophy.