The Study Of Gong Dingzi's Lyrics

Gong Dingzi, as one of three masters in Jiangzuo, his poems were a little bit inferior to those of Qian Qianyi and Wu Weiye. While he was better at lyrics, contributing a lot to the change of the trend of lyrics in the early Qing dynasty. According the principle of 'getting to know someone through his history background', this essay does a brief description and testing of his life experience at first ,analyzing his role of official serving two governments as well as the critic before, trying to discover his road to literature. Secondly, this essay discussed the situation of the literary field of lyrics during the period between Ming and Qing dynasty. Through the critic on Gong's lyrics forefathers made, the status of Gong's lyrics in the literary field was recognized. At last, this essay focused on the theme and style of his lyrics. He visited prostitutes and knew GuMei, even married her .Thus lyrics concerning about love was full of his early career. On the occasion of Ming dynasty being replaced by Qing dynasty ,Gong submitted himself to the rule of Qing emperor. While the longing for native land, the humiliation of subjugation as well as the helplessness of being and official in a new government and self-defense always slipped out from his pen, which formed a main theme to sign a great sorrow in his lyrics. Going through the vicissitudes of replacing dynasty and subjugation to a new emperor, his change of moral principle didn't make him notorious among intellectuals at that time. Instead, he became one of famous literary leaders after Qian Qianyi. This all attributed to his making friends broadly ,protecting surviving adherent of Ming dynasty as well as guiding and supporting the young intellectuals. Thus , there were a lot of lyrics...