Research Of Yuanjie

Yuan Jie asserted the function of literature is “jiushiquesu”, which means the main roleof literature is to tackle and solve social problems and to rectify the undesirable tendencies.zhe advocated to inherited tradition of “fengya”, arguing that literary works should play therole of “remonstration and irony”. His literary creation was in pursuit of natural, real andsimple style.Yuan Jie’s poems included many aspects. He concerned about the common people’sdifficult life, complaining and satirizing the monarch; He also depicts landscape, showing theappreciation of beautiful scenery. He recorded his secluded life to express his satisfaction offarming and fishing life. He also wrote tour attraction to express a desire to return to theidyllic life. He narrated his gathering with friends and family and the emotion of reunion,expressing that he cherished the family and friends. Yuan Jie’s poems style mainly belongs to“wugu”, and he created “xiyuefu”; his language is plain and simply with a prose tendency.He applied lots of rhetorical devices, such as contrast, anadiplosis, refrain, and illustrated thepurpose by poetic preface.Yuan Jie’s prose revealed the dark side of politics, admonishing the monarch. Some ofhis prose depocting landscapes to rest his ideal of seclusion and morality. His prose’s style issimple and unsophisticated. Most of his prose are short and pithy, but with various genres.The author in this dissertation divided Yuan Jie’s128pieces of prose into18categories,based on Wu Na’s “wenzhangbiantixushuo” in Ming Dynasty. Yuan’s language are simpleand plain, and he was good at using fables and dialogues to criticize the society.Yuan Jie’s literary views and creations predicted the coming of culmination of “ancientliterature movement”. His literary views and reforms of type of writing and languageinfluenced Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan. His poetic theory of “fengya”and “guifeng”and poemsalso enlightened the “New Yuefu Songs Movement.”...