The Cultural Contents In Caozhi's Poetry

Caozhi is a writer in the end of Han dynasty and the beginning of Wei. His literature achievements in many aspects are brilliant .The researchers of past time have gotten great record in Caozhi study. The cultural study on writers can reach a more objective overall conclusion. It also will be helpful to understand the writer's historic position clearly in literature field.Writers always are influenced by political and ideological environment of their life time. The influence of times can be found in their works. Each times is a continuity of former ones and the beginning of the later ones. So the traditional cultures can be embodied in writer's works. We can find out that Caozhi's works embody the openness,multivariatness and compatibility of the cultures by studying his whole works' text one by one, and the enthusiasm of Confucianism culture toward merits and virtues and the emphasis on ethics and clan relations. They also embody the life attitude of keeping nature in Taoism culture and his pursing greatness and the true,meanwhile, his works embody the character of keeping justice and bravery of swordman culture. Chuci also has its profound influence on Caozhi's life conciousness formation and literature writting.The thesis consists of 4 chapters.Chapterl: Discuss the embodiment of Confucianism culture in Caozhi's poetry ,which consists of 2 parts:1.Caozhi's attitude toward Confucianism morality,merits and classic works.2.Caozhi's attention to ethics and clan relations.Chapter 2: Discuss the embodiment of Taoism culture in Caozhi's poetry,which consists of 3 parts. 1.Caozlii's acceptance toward straightforward materialism.2.Caozhi's acceptance toward Taoism's thoughts of keeping health.3.Caozhi's acceptance toward Taoism's aesthetics.Chapter 3: Discuss the embodiment of swordman culture in Caozhi's poetry,which consists of 2 parts. 1.The production of swordman culture.2.The concrete swordman culture in Caozhi's poetry.Chapter4:Discuss the Chuci's influence on Caozhi's poetry,which consists of 2 parts. 1.The influence of life conclusion of Chuci over Caozhi's poetry.2.The influence of Caozhi's poetry from Chuci's metaphor tradition.