Sikongtu Research

Ssu K'ung T'u was one of the famous poets in late-Tang, recently, the academic dispute about the real author of Twenty-Four Poetry Style has sprung up and interested more and more scholars. Going deep into the works' research and sort-out of ancient books, the study of the poet's life will gradually caused attentions and break a new way for the above-mentioned study.Basing on a vast amount of historic data, this thesis has objectively outlined the poet's life and proper place in literature history from three hands in four chapters.Chapter Ⅰ has made a textual research of Ssu K'ung T'us life and the written year of part of his prose and poems. A chronicle of his life has been also completed.Chapter Ⅱ has expounded and proved the changes of his main works, YiMing Collection, during the course of being handed down, from the angle of edition-logy. Besides, four works that were not mentioned in historical records have been sorted out.Chapter Ⅲ has described Ssu K'ung T'us literature achievement and his proper place in historians' and artists' eyes, by citing numerous comments of scholars from late Tang to Qing dynastyChapter Ⅳ has sorted out and classified the research achievements about Ssu K'ung T'u in past century ,and the author's opinion about the arguments on Twenty-Four Poetry Style has been put forward.