劉鶚（1857-1909）為晚清重要的實業家、水利專家與小說家，以《老殘遊記》聞名於世，然其詩集《鐵雲詩存》向來較少受到學界系統性的關注。本文以《鐵雲詩存》為核心文本，兼及其中收錄之《老殘遊記》引詩，並參照日記書信及相關史料，考察劉鶚一生的思想淵源、經世實踐與晚年遭際，如何具體反映並凝聚於其詩歌書寫之中。 本文依循劉鶚生命史的三個階段展開論述：青年時期，考察其如何在幼年災禍創傷的影響下，承繼父輩劉成忠的家學薰陶，並拜入太谷學派門下，於「立性達情」之詩學觀，以及「教」、「養」兩途之聖功理念的浸潤下，逐步確立以「養天下」為己任的經世志向；壯年時期，考察其治河、辦鐵路、興礦務等經世實踐歷程，並論析詩歌與《老殘遊記》引詩系統在此時期如何相互補充、共同承載其生命感懷；晚年時期，則透過《東遊草》及金石收藏、知音交遊、身世感懷等詩作，考察劉鶚在政治壓力下東渡日本籌辦鹽務的心境起伏，以及在志業屢挫、流放新疆等接連變故中，其詩歌書寫如何隨境遇轉折，呈現出由入世到內斂的轉變軌跡。 透過系統性梳理《鐵雲詩存》的創作脈絡與思想內涵，本文期能將其確立為具備獨立文學價值、足以深度詮釋劉鶚生命歷程的核心文本，補足既有研究長期側重《老殘遊記》而較少論及其詩歌之空缺；同時，本文亦嘗試將詩歌文本與小說引詩、書信日記等史料交叉比對，深化對其詩歌書寫特質的理解。;Liu E (1857–1909) was a prominent late-Qing entrepreneur， hydraulic engineer， and novelist， best known for his novel The Travels of Lao Can (Laocan youji). His poetry collection， Tieyun shicun， however， has rarely received systematic scholarly attention. Taking Tieyun shicun as its core text—including the poems quoted within The Travels of Lao Can that are collected therein—and drawing on Liu E′s diaries， letters， and related historical materials， this thesis examines how the intellectual origins， practical undertakings， and later-life vicissitudes of Liu E were concretely reflected in and crystallized through his poetic writing. The thesis is organized around three stages of Liu E′s life. In his youth， it examines how， under the shadow of childhood traumas caused by natural disasters and warfare， Liu E was shaped by the family learning inherited from his father Liu Chengzhong， and later， upon becoming a disciple of the Taigu School， was steeped in its poetics of "establishing nature to attain feeling" (lixing daqing) as well as its sagely ideal of "teaching" and "nurturing" (jiao and yang)—through which he gradually formed his aspiration to "nurture the world" (yang tianxia) as his personal mission. In his middle years， it examines his practical undertakings in river conservancy， railway construction， and mining enterprises， analyzing how his poetry and the poems embedded in The Travels of Lao Can complemented one another during this period， jointly giving expression to his experiences and reflections. In his later years， through Dongyou cao (a collection of poems from his two journeys to Japan)， as well as poems on antiquarian collecting， communion with kindred spirits (zhiyin)， and reflections on his own circumstances， the thesis traces the shifting sentiments Liu E experienced while traveling to Japan under political pressure to manage salt trade affairs， together with the successive setbacks—including repeated career failures and his exile to Xinjiang—that shaped his poetic writing， revealing a trajectory that moved from worldly engagement toward inward introspection. Through a systematic examination of the creative development and intellectual content of Tieyun shicun， this thesis aims to establish it as a text of independent literary value， capable of offering profound insight into Liu E′s life course， thereby addressing a gap in existing scholarship that has long privileged The Travels of Lao Can while paying insufficient attention to his poetry. In addition， this thesis cross-references his poems with the poems quoted in his novel， as well as with his diaries and letters， in an effort to deepen the understanding of the distinctive qualities of his poetic writing.
