明代永樂至弘治一百年間（1403-1505）是臺閣文學興盛的時期。臺閣文 學時間跨度長，崇尚沖融演迤的風格，其興起與皇權膨脹、道學獨尊有直接的 關係。由於儒家認為屈子行徑有失中庸，《楚辭》文章華而少實，臺閣諸臣皆 罕言屈騷。楚辭學因而衰落，百年間幾無新的專著面世；當今楚辭學史論者遂 也往往將這個時期一筆帶過。然而因為屈騷的獨特性，學術風氣在儒學主導的 傳統社會中一旦有變，新的學術特色很快就體現於《楚辭》論。因此，本文以 知人論世的方法，考察了當時政治氣候、學術環境和數位具代表性的臺閣文臣 之個人背景，進而爬梳、分析他們的《楚辭》論，以見這個時期的楚辭研究與 文學風氣演化的軌跡。

The writers in the Imperial Ministries, mostly high rank officials in the capital, were very influential in China throughout the 15th century, i.e. the first half of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Deeply affected by the Imperial Government and neo-Confucianism, these writers preferred pure and refined articles eulogizing the flourishing ages of harmony, prosperity and peace. Since Qu Yuan (ca.343 - ca.277B.C.) was regarded a heretic of Confucianism and much criticized, these writers made few comments to Chuci, a poetry collection in which Qu’s works were compiled. Almost no new books about Chuci was composed in this century, and modern scholars of the Chuci studies hence paid little attention to this period. Due to the unique nature of Chuci, nevertheless, the new academic characteristics would be immediately found in the discussions about Chuci, as long as there was a change in the academic trend in the traditional society dominated by Confucianism. Accordingly, this article gathers and analyzes these writers’ discussions about Chuci, and studies the political and academic circumstances and the personal backgrounds of a number of these writers. Through these works the changes in the Chuci studies and the academic trend in the first half of the Ming dynasty can be traced out in detail.