The Life Story And The Works Of Shen Yazhi

Shen Yazhi, a very famous poet in the Middle Tang Dynasty, is often ignored by many scholars today .Being poor, he had to change his living condition through the imperial examination .He succeeded in the examination only once but failed six times all of his life. When he was young, his wives dead. As a old man ,he was demoted for suppressing the rebel.To a certain degree, his Keju and official career were the main factors to inspire his creation.He was good at Chuanqi and biography. Although his Chuanqi works run short of original in the choice of subject and plot, it could be named Saoti (special lyric) fiction in the artistic attainment.On the whole, his works style was strong emotional, concise, elegant, exceptional, simple and unadorned.