明末，寧靖王避亂來臺，其完髮自縊之際，亦已譜就一段媵妾以身殉節的淒美故事，後衍為歷代詩人不絕如縷題詠寧靖王及五妃詩，此中，清朝雖作為其繼起對立的政體，然不論宦遊來臺抑或本地詩人皆對其著墨甚深，洵為臺灣古典文學史上極為殊異之現象。今先將追溯其故事原型（史），而以清代所出現相關詩作為探究對象（詩），凸顯其接受與詮釋的關係，再以寧靖王及五妃題詠詩作「並觀」之方式，各別爬梳詩人寫作該詩之年代、原因、在地與否、任職所在……等相關語境，辨析其背後所可能存在「詠史」、「遊歴」……等不同目的，復以歷時性為一維度，除考察其詩質量之分/合變化而提出相應解釋外，亦將探索其寫作技巧及其背後所可能蘊含意識型態的變化。

At the end of the Ming dynasty, the Prince of Ningjing 寧靖王 fled to Taiwan, where he later committed suicide. The poignant tale of his five concubines sacrificing their lives for him out of loyalty became a theme continuously developed by an unbroken succession of poets. Although the Qing dynasty was the opposing regime in the story, this did not prevent both local poets and those visiting Taiwan from China from deeply exploring the subject matter, a truly unusual phenomenon in the history of Taiwan’s classical literature.
This paper first traces the history behind the story, and then explores the related poetry that appeared in the Qing dynasty in order to highlight the relationship between reception and interpretation. Then, viewing the poems in parallel, this paper identifies the related context, such as date of writing, reasons for writing, whether the writer was present, and the position of the writer, in order to differentiate the different possible motivations behind each poem. This paper also explores the writing skills employed and underlying ideological changes this possibly implies.