A Study Of Zhou Mi Ya 's

As one leader of neat and elegant Jas Ci poets in late Song Dynasty, Zhou Mi pursued elegance in the Ci poems as well as his lifestyle. Before his Jue Miao Hao Ci, no one used Jas as the standard to classify Ci poems strictly, which reflexed the fashion of chasing elegance during late Song Dynasty. Hao Ran Zai Ci Hua was a supplement work to indicate his strong preference in Jas Ci poem.Zhou’s works showed the procedure of Ci poems transferring from format neatness in Southern Song to style varieties in late Song, as he experienced the replacement of dynasties. The style of Zhou Mi Ci is changed from leisurely and carefree to serious and elegant. We can find out form his writing practice on the same subject. But this is not a recent transformation. There is a process.On the artistic techniques, because of Zhou Mi is a Flexible and open-minded man, he did not only create several kinds of skills to emphasize elegance in his works, but also simulated other poets’style to establish his own Ciao Chuang Jas Ci poems.The change of style and innovation on technique make his Jas Ci poems different from the other writers. Zhou’s early Ci poems were neatly refined. Though small amount and a little unconstrained trend, his late stage works had higher achievement in both format and conception. To sum up, if we read song poems of Zhou Mi, we can see all of his elegance and transformation on his whole life.