A Study Of JangYan's Life Consciousness And His Literary Creation

Jiang Yan is a writer of great importance in six dynasties, who, has achieved tremendous success in either literary creation or official career. However, as a successful man, Jiang Yan frequently revealed the feelings of misery and depression in his literary works, and this paper aims at the analysis of Jiang Yan's life consciousness as well as the reflection of it in his works.Chapterâ… :presents the connotation of Jiang Yan's life consciousness, emphasizing the three aspects of it, which are the harmonious co-existence of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, the intense sentiment and practical principles, illustrating his ease and sensitivity which are in sharp contrast.Chapterâ…¡:analyses the cause for Jiang Yan's life consciousness from two aspects. First, social culture and politics provide theoretical soil for the emergence of Jiang Yan's life consciousness. Second, Jiang Yan's personal experiences like the ups and downs in his official career also contribute a lot to the formation of his life consciousness.Chapterâ…¢:illustrates the reflection of life consciousnes in Jiang Yan's literary works from three aspects. The first one refers to his eclectic, clear and self-amusing literary concept. The second is the overall characteristics of his literary creation such as the complex and mixed verse style, good imitation, sorrowful sentiment, and love for novelty and originality. The last is the shaping of Jiang Yan's self image.Chapterâ…£:reveals the typical meaning of Jiang Yan's life consciousness and his literary creation from the perspectives of his contradictory life attitude and the speculation aroused on this has-been writer.