A Study Of A Fifth Century Poet: Xie Hui-lian

The essay is mainly about an outstanding poet in China named Xie Hui-lian(407-433). He was a noted poet in the Liu Song Dynasty. His poetry is collected in the most prestigious and influential anthologies in the Southern Dynasty: Wenxuan and Yutaixinyong. With the purpose of getting insight into the extraordinary poet Xie Hui-lian and his poetry, this essay tries to put forward new views through discussions on Xie Hui-lian's life, poetry, and impact. Given the inheritance and invention of Xie Hui-lian's poetry, we can understand Xie Hui-lian and his works better. As a poet, Xie Hui-lian must wrestle with the limits of poetic form, and search for new possibilities of language. Throughout Xie Hui-lian's poetry, we could find that he is an extraordinary poet with a life full of frustrations and innovative literary works. In striving towards new forms of classical Chinese poetry, he did some beneficial practice, which certainly throws new light on later Chinese poetry.The essay includes five parts:Chapter One discusses Xie Hui-lian's family, life story, and his official experience. Also focuses on the close relationship between Xie Hui-lian and his older brother Xie Ling-yun.Chapter Two discusses Xie Hui-lian's traits, thoughts and political attitude.Chapter Three discusses on the exact period of Xie Hui-lian's works, and tries to pick out the works that are not written by Xie Hui-lian.Chapter Four discusses Xie Hui-lian's works, such as Yue Fu, Tu Shi, Fu, and other articles.Chapter Five discusses the impacts of Xie Hui-lian's works on the following poets and critics.