The Study On The Prose Of Li Zhiyi

Li Zhiyi is a famous litterateur of the Northern Song Dynasty. He had achievements in three aspects: poem, Ci poem and prose, working to have "Collected Works of Guxi Hermit" and "Ci Poems of Guxi Hermit". From 1980's on, the academic circles research to his life and poems has been becoming quite popular, and large amount of academic thesis have appeared. But several articles asked about his 730 prose. His prose had been praised by many famous experts in past dynasties, and they have extremely important research value in content and art.His prose can be classified many types according to type or form of literature, including letters, prefaces and postscripts, jottings, Odes and epigraphs etc. His prose is showing intelligent expression, brilliant emotions, and artistic living of the author. It's also displaying sincere emotion soul, erudite knowledge, deep culture detail and rich cultural lives sufficiently.His prose's main style is amiability, fluency, eloquence, elegant. The things forming it include many aspects, such as the language expressing, art technology applying and so on. In his pragmatic article, it contains the author feelings to art. He is good at using various express methods, such as contrast and trope. His language is natural, clear, smooth and amiable.Li Zhiyi's prose has rich values, including historical material value, learning value and philosophy value. Learning value embodies in Li Zhiyi's unique point of view commenting on the style, aesthetic, and author of writing. Philosophy value embodies in the Confucian School ethics philosophy and Taoist and Buddha Taoist ethics philosophy.Then historical material value embodies in a complete and confident studying to Li Zhiyi's life.Finally, there is a brief but objective valuation to the prose's position and effect on entire Northern Song Dynasty even on Chinese history of literature. Li Zhiyi's prose also has many shortcoming. Such as, He pays attention to the particular mood excessively but ignores the society fact. His prose is too amiable and popular to look like monotonous. But his consummate view to literature and art and his various art method, have more or less effect to descendant man of letters. Therefore, Li Zhiyi can be thought as an unique writer in Song Dynasty and also carried on the past and opened a way for the future.