Journal of Integrated Cultural Studies
JICS Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp.200-209.
Print ISSN: 3105-840X; Online ISSN: 3105-8418
Journal homepage: https://www.icsjournal.com
DOI：Https://doi.org/10.64058/JICS.26.1.19
Negativity, Spectrality and Creative Generation: A Review of Huang Lihai’s Poetic Drama Cheng Lian and Bo Ya
Tang Bei
Abstract: Through Bo Ya’s journey from learning to play the qin to his sudden enlightenment, Cheng Lian and Bo Ya explores the process of human beings engaging in constant dialogue with themselves, the world and memory. This is a stage that every ordinary person may experience: feeling self-doubt at the beginning of learning, regaining direction with the guidance and warmth of a mentor, and ultimately achieving inner precipitation and transcendence in the loneliness of facing nature alone. Bo Ya’s experience reflects the inevitable inner journey of human beings in the pursuit of meaning. Two main emotional forces contribute to Bo Ya’s awakening: the strict mentor Cheng Lian intends to break Bo Ya’s reliance on superficial forms and force him to seek the origin of art through throes. Bulan, on the other hand, turns into a lasting specter and becomes a flexible and affirmative force in Bo Ya’s spiritual world. Thus, Bo Ya achieves a profound integration of himself with the world, which is not only a principle of art, but also a metaphor for the fulfillment of life.
Keywords: Cheng Lian and Bo Ya; Affective Aesthetics; Negative Affect; Spectral Affect; Sudden Enlightenment
Author Biography: Tang Bei, Lecturer at the School of General Education, Southern Medical University. Research interests: Comparative Literature and Literary Theory. E-mail: tangbei417@163.com.
标题：否定性、幽灵性与创造性生成：评黄礼孩的诗剧《成连与伯牙》
摘要：《成连与伯牙》通过伯牙习琴到顿悟的历程，探讨了人与自我、与世界、记忆不断对话的过程。这是每个普通人都可能经历的阶段，初学时感到自我怀疑，在师者的点拨与温暖中重获方向，最终在独对自然的孤寂中完成内心的沉淀与超越。伯牙的经历，映照的是人在追寻意义时必经的内心旅程。促成伯牙觉醒的主要有两种情感力量，严师成连意图打破伯牙对表面形式的依赖，迫使他在阵痛中找寻艺术的源头。布兰则化为持久的幽灵，成为伯牙精神世界中柔韧而肯定的力量。伯牙由此完成了自身与世界的深刻交融，这不仅是艺术的法则，亦是生命走向完成的隐喻。
关键词：《成连与伯牙》；情动美学；否定性情动；幽灵性情动；顿悟
作者简介：唐蓓，南方医科大学通识教育部讲师，研究方向：比较文学与文艺学。电邮：tangbei417@163.com。
Received: 13 Jan. 2026 / Revised: 27 Feb. 2026 / Accepted: 02 Apr. 2026 / Published online: 30 Apr. 2026 / Print published: 30 May 2026.
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