A Study on the Qing-Niao Images Shown in the Nan-Bei-Chao Era"s Literature

Shan-Hai-Jing(山海經) is the greatest Chinese mythology, among them, the myth of Xi-Wang-Mu(西王母) has a great influence on posterity. And as an important image in Wei-Jin-Nan-Bei-Chao era’s(魏晉南北朝), the Qing-Niao(靑鳥) is described as messenger of the love. There are many studies on Xi-Wang-Mu, but There is no research on literary Qing-Niao image. The content of this thesis is Clarify the changes of literary Qing-Niao image, focusing on the Chinese Middle Ages. In the Middle Ages, the image of a lover