History of the Qing Shi School

Author: Liu Shinan
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: As a monograph in the field of literary history, The History of Qing Poetry Schools possesses its own distinctive characteristics. In the study of schools, the author pays attention to three closely interconnected aspects: the demands of the era, literary trends, and the aesthetic pursuits of the poet as the subject. These three elements are consistently integrated, undoubtedly capturing the key to the study of school history. The entire book examines the development of Qing poetry schools in three periods—early, middle, and late—and analyzes the ideological and artistic features of each school and its poets. The early period includes the Heшao School, Lingnan School, Gu Yanwu, Shushan School, Loudong School, Xiushui School, Shen Yun School, Zong Song School, Yi Shan School; the middle period, in addition to the traditionally studied (style), (spirit), and (texture) schools, also provides a detailed and in-depth discussion of the Zhe School, Tongcheng School, Gaomi School, and Changzhou School; the late period includes the Zhe School's rising star—Gong Zizhen, the Song School and Tongguang School, the Poetry Revolution School, the Hanwei School, and the Mid-Late Tang Poetry School. In this way, the book provides a comprehensive and detailed summary and discussion of the history of Qing poetry schools throughout the Qing Dynasty, enabling readers to gain a thorough and nuanced understanding of the poetic transformations of the era after reading the entire work.