Qian Zhongshu: A Study of Poetic Thought

Author: Xu Long
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Qian Zhongshu was not only a highly talented literary figure in modern and contemporary China but also a scholar with profound knowledge of Chinese and Western literature and academia. In his study of literary and poetic classics from China and the West, he combined his rich and profound aesthetic insights and creative experience with modern and advanced academic concepts and an open and comprehensive research perspective. Rooted in Chinese culture while seeking common ground with differences from other cultures, he conducted a two-way interactive and equal dialogue and exploration between Chinese and Western literature and poetics, delving into the "harmonious and mysterious understanding" of poetic and literary minds and artistic aesthetic laws. On numerous poetic and literary topics such as the ontology of poetry, the subjectivity of the poet, and the theory of poetic creation, he made many profound and insightful theoretical interpretations that surpassed his predecessors, ultimately constructing a vast, self-contained, and unique poetic and literary thought system.