The Primary Research On Pan Yue's Mourning Works

Pan Yue, who enjoys equal popularity with Lu Ji, is one of Xi Jin Dynasty's literary representative writers. By the reason of the harsh reality, sorrowful fashion, style's development and tragic experience, he writes down a series of good quality works to mourn for the dead with deep grief, which makes him win immortal name. His memorial works changes the stereotyped style of grief-expression tradition. According to the object and purpose, his works form varied style, such as solemn, cordial, sorrowful and soul—stirring. On the basis of absorbing predecessor's creative ideas and practice, Pan Yue strives for new, and has his own unique features in the respect of choosing style, using sad technique, breaking down the ethics and sorrow construction and integrating Ai and Lei style. His creations promote the style of mourning for dead to move forward. It can be said that Pan Yue is the synthesizer of the Middle Ages mourning articles, but also the promoter of the Ai Lei innovation. However, his works' value certainly is not limited to the rich aesthetic value. They vividly record the Middle Ages funeral culture, reflect the glorious Chinese tradition of showing respect to the dead. They are also the mirrors which truly reflect people's life consciousness at that time, and embody Pan Yue's compassion for people and his life-cherishing. It is more treasured that his mourning poems unfold the love between male and female which is particularly lack in Chinese tradition literature.