A Study On Li Dongyang's Poetry

Li Dongyang, who is a famous statesman, author, belongs to the chief of the literature in the middle age of Ming Dynasty. He is the founder of classicist school as well. Li Dongyang 's whole life is abundant in literary works, such as huai lu tang gao,huai lu tang xu gao ,are well-known among them. His poems are magnificent and floridity in style, which clear laggard poetry away at that time. My essay based on all the available study and the former research investigates Li Dongyang 's poems creation and its theories.The introduction tells Li Dongyang 's daily life, and reviews the history of his poems, the status as well. Chapter one includes his daily life which will be introduced accompanied by his poems and three outings which will be discussed along with the relationships between the main poets of the Chalin school and Li Dongyang,and former seven with Li Dongyang. Chapter two discusses his achievement and feature of his poetry theory, according to literary comments, poetry trend, poetry style and poetry content. Chapter three is the main part of the essay which can be divided into two parts:The first explains his poetry development in sort from its thought and contents. Generally, it will be showed in five factors: people's hardship, buildings, sights, paintings and outings. The second part concludes the art feature of Li Dongyang 's poems, which can be described as true feelings, nature, popular and folk forming. Besides, his poems are highly related to the reality and have a strong spirit. The last part contains Li Dongyang 's achievements in poetry literature and the position in Chinese history, and the effect as well.