Biography of Yan Yu

Author: Xu Zhigang
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book explores Yan Yu's life, poetic creation, and theoretical achievements from three aspects, with the latter being the primary focus. In the study of his life, it relies on Yan Yu's own poems and writings as the basic evidence, extensively cross-referencing collections of poems, notes, and local chronicles from the Song and Yuan dynasties to verify his life experiences. In the study of his thoughts, it emphasizes the exploration of his ideological system and its various components, providing extensive discussions on the views and doctrines he had a significant influence on later generations, such as "sublime enlightenment," "interest," and "using Zen to compare with poetry." Additionally, the book analyzes the artistic characteristics of Yan Yu's poetry, striving to provide a comprehensive and historically grounded understanding of Yan Yu.