Cai Yi Chuan

Author: Qiao Xiangzhong
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The study of aesthetics or literary theory is directly related to the creation and criticism of literature and art, and indirectly related to the aesthetic education of the people and the pathology of life. Without a doubt, it is an important part of cultural science. Mr. Cai Yi was a master of aesthetics in China and began his struggle to establish China's own aesthetic theory in the 1930s. For decades, his aesthetic views formed a unique school, ranking alongside masters such as Zhu Guangqian, Zong Baihua, and Li Zehou. The book Introduction to Literature he edited was a required textbook for Chinese departments in universities during the 1970s and 1980s, and his materialist aesthetic views influenced more than one generation. It can be said that many prominent scholars active in the fields of intellectual and cultural circles and literary criticism today once glimpsed the grand hall of profound literary theory through reading his Introduction to Literature. The author of this book is Qiao Xiangzhong, the wife of Mr. Cai Yi. With a heartfelt pen, she narrates the intellectual journey of Mr. Cai Yi from a young poet to a scholar. She recounts the arduous life of Mr. Cai Yi, his relentless pursuit, silent struggles, and enduring hardships in his quest to establish China's own school of aesthetics and realize this dream.