The Language Outlook Of CangLang Poetry Talks

Yanyu is one of the outstanding Literary theoreticians in Song Dynasty.His CangLang Poetry Talks is a work which emphasizes the form and artistry of poetry. CangRang Poetry Talks first brings forward the boundary of Tang's and song's poetry definitely, makes the history of connecting the link between Tang and Song because of its systematicity and innovativeness and produces a great effect on poetics after Ming and Qing dynasty. "Using meditation to metaphor poetry" is the main characteristic of Yanyu's poetics and the main point of posterity's researches containing rich fruits.This paper brings a new way by starting with the language outlook and regarding CangLang Poetry Talks'theotical significance in phonetic,lexical and prosodical terms to shake off former researches'old patterns and to explore Yanyu's academic view which is more specific and more systematic.Phonetic aesthetic feeling is the external beauty of poetry, So Yanyu first realized the importance of syllables, treasuing rhyme, stressing tone and meter. As the language building material glossary, Yanyu proposed a viewpoint as"don't stick to the origin of diction" by aiming at the abuse of diction of Song Dynasty poetic world at that time, causes people not to rigidly adhere to the writing. Simultaneously he also emphasized the poetry must pay attention "seeking the right word", the writing request was not merely paused in the surface, but achieved the prospect as "there's an end to the words, but not to their message".As the concrete way to write poems,Yanyu proceeded from the completeness of the poetry,stressed the importance of beginning and finishing sentences and proposed "don't be affected at the beginning and be advantageous in the end".His book not only dwells on the poetic structure, notices the specific verse usages but also takes into account both faulty wording and wording taboo which are easily made in poetry.Poetry is the art of language, is the essence of language art, but the language of poetry is always behind poetic flavour and style.This paper proceeds from these three elements and probes into CangLang Poetry Talks' poetic theory more constitutionally. Phonetics, glossary, prosody can't be separated from each other, they are independent but also dependent on each other. These three elements form Yanyu's special language outlook.