The Realm Of Life In Feng Zikai's Prose

Feng Zikai is not only a prose writer in modern literature history but also a famous artist. He wrote his prose in his own peculiar way, relating to ordinary life, children relatives and friends. His prose are plain and tasteful.He divided life into worldly life, artistic life and religious life --- three-storey life. From his prose we can feel the writer's disposition and accomplishment. This article discusses the combination state of the Feng's artistic and religious life in three parts. The first part compares the similarity and difference between the famous life theory in China and that of Feng's three-storey life theory and also the reason of his theory. The second part discusses the connotation of his artistic life. He maintained the mixture of art and life and treated daily life with artistic mentality. In order to keep the independence of art he looked at the world not only in a childlike way but with sympathy. Therefore we can find peculiar glamour in his prose which is appealing, forthright, sincere and natural. The third part discusses the connotation of his religious life in his prose. He tried to find out the meaning and goal of life through religion. He faced life above worldly considerations because of his complete understanding of the unusual life. That's why he faced calmly the'culture revolution'. Later in his life his prose developed from plain and tasteful to harmonious and excellent.