The Correction And Complementarity On The Study Of Zhao Gu

Zhao Gu is a reputed poet living in late Tang Dynasty. Gao Bing, a critic living in Ming Dynasty who wrote significant literary works Tangshipinhui, alleged that Zhao Gu's poems of"qi jue"style was as successful as the same style of Li Shangyin, Du Mu, Xu Hun and Wen Tingyun, who were all the most important poets in late Tang Dynasty. Frankly, Zhao Gu's poems of"qi lv"style are much more in quantity and better in quality than those of"qi jue"style. However, it is generally credible that Zhao Gu was as prestigious as those four important poets through their lives. Yet it is a regret that the study of Zhao Gu is not as deep and sufficient as Li Shangyin, Du Mu, Xu Hun and Wen Tingyun at the present time. Generally there are two reasons for this: firstly the poems and other records of Zhao Gu are so limited today that it is rather difficult to research this poet further; secondly Zhao Gu's poems left today are a bit dull, and most of them are prepared for the nobility or his friends, making it difficult to find poems about society or political affairs which are mostly appreciated by current literary researchers.Professor Tan Youxue is probably the only researcher who study Zhao Gu that deep and systematically so far. He wrote valuable works named Zhaogushizhu, which perfectly proofreads and annotates Zhao Gu's poems. Besides, he collected Zhao Gu's records and other information together and arranged them annually in his another works Tangshirenxingniankao, making us know much more about this poet. Thanks to professor Tan, we have more and more articles by other researchers on the study of Zhao Gu in last 20 years.This dissertation is based on all the records about Zhao Gu in the past, and attends to study Zhao Gu in 5 sections: the situation about Zhao Gu's family and hometown; the places Zhao Gu ever reached and the accurate date that some of his poems berhymed; the people that ever communicated with Zhao Gu; the situation of Zhao Gu's Psyche and mentality; the discuss of Zhao Gu's poems. The ultimate effect this dissertation attempts to get is: amending some of the incorrect conclusions about Zhao Gu and presenting some new research acquirements of mine; attempting to describe Zhao Gu's mental situation; comparing and analysing the influece that The Three Religion--RU,SHI,DAO making on Zhao Gu; revealing the unique character of Zhao Gu's poems, especially emphasizing the objects with particular meanings in these poems. In the end there is an appendix named a simple life curriculum vita about Zhao Gu.