Studies About Hu Han And His Literature

Hu Han was a famous writer in the literature field of Wu Zhou district from late Yuan Dynasty to early Ming Dynasty, and he was the direct descendant student of School of ZhuXi in Jin Hua district. Hu Han was the member of "Four Mr." which including Song Lian, Wang Yi, Dai Liang and himself. He took studying, making friends and traveling, writing and seclusion was the main modalities of his life. He won the approving of his contemporaries and the laters by means of his poem and prose, and he was called "giant"of poem writer by Zhu Yizun in Qing Dynasty. He and Song Lian, Wang Yi were knowns to Jiang Nan district by their prose. Hu Han's poem inherited the style of the poem in Han Dynasty and Wei Dynasty and fully expressed his feelings. The views of his prose met the need of his time and had unique style in the literature field. This thesis has studied some basic problems such as Hu Han's family history, his experience of life, his process of making friends and travelling and his writing and so on. Further more, the thesis has carded Hu Han's thoughts and literary concept, and discussed the ideological content and arts features of his poem and prose, which seeks to restore the effects and status of Hu Han in the literature field from late Yuan Dynasty to early Ming Dynasty.The preface introduced Hu Han simply, elaborated the value and the investigative situation of this topics, and card the ideas of writing about it.The first chapter attempts to card some basic facts such as Hu Han's family background, his experience of life, his making friends and traveling activities and his writing and so on. Hu Han was born in Wu Zhou district in Yuan Dynasty, and influenced by its strong atmosphere of confucianism and literature. He took Wu Shidao, Wu Lai and Xu Qian as teathers, and learned classics, history and literature. Hu Han has lived in seclusion for two times. He was in touch with Zhu Yuanzhang's political power in Ming Dynasty for three times but he was cooperating with it and kept a distance with it as well. The content of making friends and travelling of Hu Han contained the "a teacher as well as a friend" relationship between the Confucian of Wu Zhou district with him, his unintetion of leaving or staying in capital of Yuan Dynasty, and his footprint throughout the countryside. Hu Han has written the "Chun Qiu Ji Yi" and has prepared the "Gu Yue Fupoem Class Code" which has not saved. Hu Han's works named "Hu Zhong Zi Collected Works" which contains ten volumes and a lost prose were saved today. This chapter was the basis of further studying about Hu Han's thought and his writing.The second chapter discusses Hu Han's thoughts. The details of this chapter consisted of carding the origin of Hu Han's thoughts, analyzing the inheritance and breakthrough from School of ZhuXi by his thoughts. The studies of this chapter laid the foundation for the further discussion of Hu Han's literary concept, his literary writing performance and the arts features of his works.The third chapter discusses Hu Han's literary concept and the ideological content and the arts features of his poem and prose. The idea such as "poem contacts with politics", "prose is the tool of reflecting morality and justice", "ethics is the basis of language", "the valuable content of works comes from the writer's own feelings, not the carving "consisted of the main contents of his literary concept. The main contents of Hu Han's poem contained simulation and yearn of ancient times, expresssing his own feelings, description of the scene, commemoration of farewell with friends and complimentary copy and so on. The main arts features of his poem were sublime, delicate, pretty, classical and simple. The main contents of his prose posed by the explanation of morality and justice, analysis of politics, narrative of strategy and the commendation of ethics, righteousness and atmosphere. The arts features of his prose was sophisticated and grand, mellow and plain, and met with the needs of life.The conclusion evaluates the status and influence of Hu Han in the literature field from late Yuan Dynasty to early Ming Dynasty, and draws conclusions of this thesis. At the same time, proposed some problems about the further studies of Hu Han and the related questions of it.