Random Notes On ZongChen

Zong Chen,an important member of the Later Seven Masters in the middle of Ming Dynasty.He was only 36 years old, but he wrote a lot of good works.Because of the habits of thinking,many scholars pay their attention to his famous essay:"to Liu Yizhang".There is only little papers that about Zong Chen and his poems.I am attempt to restore Zong's true color and status by the study of Zong and his poems.This article is divided into two parts.The first part is about Zong 's Poetry.There are three chapters.The fist chapter study the examples of Zong.The second chapter focuses on the diversity of the content of his poetry. The third chapter discuss about the style of Zong's poetry,confirm the success of his poetry.The second part study the conflict of Zong:be an official or not.There are three chapters.The first chapter study the wish of being an official .The second chapter is about his wish of being an anchorite. The third chapter analyse the reasons of the conflict.