A Study Of Feng Yan

Feng Yan is a famous writer of the Han Dynasty. His works are full of strong feeling and power. Nevertheless, the academe only concerns about "Xian Zhi Fu". Therefore, this paper attempts to look into Feng Yan's life, personality and his articles.This paper consists of three parts:Chapter 1 investigates Feng Yan's life. The introduction accounts the historical materials and the research conditions. In Section 1 to section 7 we research some of his life doubts. In Section 8 we discuss his political life and interaction to further the investigation of his personality.Chapter 2 discusses Feng Yan' personality. The introduction illuminates the evaluation criterion and research conditions. Section 1 outlines the background of Feng Yan's life. Section 2 to section 6 explore a range characteristics of Feng Yan's personality. Section 7 analyzes the reasons of Feng Yan's failure at politics.Chapter 3 makes comments on Feng Yan's works. The introduction accounts his existing works and research conditions. Section 1 remark on "Xian Zhi Fu". Section 2 to Section 5 research his other works. Section 6 analyzes his work style and its causes. Section 7 inspects his works' impact on the later generation.