The Call Of Natural Persons - Shen Congwen Tendency Brief

Mr. Shen Congwen, in Chinese modern literature, was once a "sealed master". As he was unsealed, we began to know more about the genuine side of his work and life. "Personality" is what he had always been advocating, which has its special meaning. Here, the author of this thesis refers it as to "natural personality". Based on his personal life experience and unique sense towards nature in his childhood, Mr. Shen Congwen made it his everlasting theme that the natural sense towards human being (letting a thing as it be) and the pursuit of "natural personality" should always be emphasized. And proceeding from this principle, Mr. Shen Congwen created with words an ideal "World of West Hunan" of his own, and defended this ideal world by holding prejudices and criticisms against urban life.Analyzed from philosophical origin, the "natural personality" he was advocating actually contains criticisms to part of Confucian ideology and most of Tao's ideology advocated by Zhuangzi. And it also aims to bring vigor and vitality to the then weak Chinese nation, and thus make the Chinese nation strong and prosperous. Nevertheless, Mr. Shen Congwen has his own weakness, which is unavoidable to find out in his work. With the further research of his work, he will definitely reveal his gold-like original panorama.