Research On The Artistic Spirit Of The Su Shi's Prose

Su Shi who is a prestigious thinker, litterateur and artists in ancient China, has very high attainments in all kinds of creation, such as poetry,painting and calligraphy and prose, and he can be regarded as a model for a generation ; His philosophical and political ideas have their own characteristics. Su Shi's "Art Spirit" has a great typicality in the history of Chinese literature and culture. Therefore, the study of Su Shi's "Art Spirit" not only allows us to gain a deeper understanding of Su Shi's literary creation, but also helps us dig deeper into the core of ancient Chinese culture. Su Shi's prose is not only realistic and philosophical in terms of ideology, but also more emotional and poetical in the arts. His literary prose is the perfect crystallization of traditional Chinese ideology and culture and its own personal emotion and wisdom,has highly ideological and aesthetic values. Therefore it is valuable to study the art spirit of Su Shi from the view of prose or literary prose.For artistic Spirit of Su Shi's Prose, this article mainly discusses the following aspects:In the first place,Su Shi's artistic spirit of the prose mainly manifests in four aspects. First of all,Su Shi's prose concerns about the current affairs and sympathizes people,has a strong ideas of loving the people and valuing life,and shows the broad and profound humanistic spirit; Secondly,his prose shows the pursuit for the freedom of the spiritual realm like willful nature and "with the creator Touring"; Thirdly,Su Shi's prose reflects a rational wisdom in the universe and nature,the thinking of social life, and even the art itself; Fourthly,Su Shi's essay pursuits the realm of " Integration of logic and skills" and advocates the natural beauty. All the four-point above manifests"the true, the good and the beautiful"which is regarded as the essence of the artistic spirit in Su Shi's prose.Secondly,there are three major reasons for the formation of artistic spirit of Su Shi's prose. The first reason is the ideological reasons. According to his own deep thought to the universe and life, Su Shi assimilates diverse ideology and culture, integrates the essence of Confucianism,Taoism,and Buddhism. The second reason is the self-development of socio-cultural and literary reasons. In Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism is flourishing,rational spirit can be propagated,and the writers of Song, including Su Shi, thought deeply about the universe,society,life's philosophy, and the relationship of " essay " and " logic " with more in-depth thinking. A literary movement in the Tang and Song dynasties had been further deepened and developed,and the development of literature itself contributed to the formation of artistic spirit of Su Shi's prose. Thirdly,Su Shi's personal characteristics like straightforward and nature, and the pursuit of freedom,and these characteristics also make him percept the universe and life more deeply. His artistic spirit of his prose is largely a reflection of his intrinsic character.Third,the influence of Su Shi's artistic spirit in essays on the future generations . On the one hand,Su Shi's artistic spirit of the prose is the Spirit of Life. His prose embodies both the persistence to the life and optimism and the broad-minded,and then bases on both the reality and the pursuit of freedom,which have a profound effect on the scholar of later ages; on the other hand,the aesthetic theory embodied in Su Shi's prose greatly influences the later prose creation.