Late Qing & Early Word Guo Yun Studies

Guo Zeyun, a famous ci writer with lots of works, was very active in the literary circles in the period between the late Qing and the Republic of China but was overlooked in today's study. Facing this.vacancy, the author of this master paper devoted his energy and time to clarifying Guo Zeyun's life,families,friends and associations, and then to studying his literary ideas,ci poems and two essential books on art. Finally, Guo Zeyun's literary achievements are relatively justified and his position in the literary history as well as his influences demonstrated. This paper consists of two parts. The first part has five following chapters:The first chapter, the Clarification of Guo Zeyun's Family and Friends. On the one hand, the text makes deep and comprehensive research in the literary and cultual trandition of Guo Zeyun's family in Fu Zhou,especially the previous generations. On the other hand,the text chooses some representative persons among his significant friends to understand their intercommunications and mutual influences.In the second chapter, the Clarification of Associations in which Guo Zeyun once joined, by clarifying the situation of a series of associations in the basic level,especially literary groups in which Guo Zeyun once participated, we can propose his contributions toward the literary circles in Beijing and Tianjin as well as the impact of association activities on his writing.Chapter Three, the Study on Guo Zeyun's Ci poems. This chapter focuses on the author's works of ci, the key section of his whole work, and generalize the style of Guo Zeyun's ci poetry as a melancholy,refined,and flowery pattern.The forth chapter, the Study on Shi Chao Shi Cheng. Shi Chao Shi Cheng is an important note on poets and poetry which illustrates Guo Zeyun's historian identity and efforts on collecting documents of the previous Qing Dynasty.The final chapter, the Study on Qing Ci Yu Xie.Qing Ci Yu Xie,the companion volume to Shi Chao Shi Cheng, presents the author's purpose of implementing the idealism of Ci of the Chang Zhow Ci Pai.The second part is the brief chronicle of Guo Zeyun's life.