On The Poetry Of Wang Shen

Wang shen, a famous expert on principle learning of Confucian as well as a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, is the state disciple of the master of principle learning of Confucian—Zhu xi. His thoughts represent part of achievements of principle learning of Confucian in the Southern Song Dynasty. Though not properly valued, there are some distinctive features in his poems. Aiming to investigate the artistic characteristics in Wang shen's poetry, this paper shows the relationship between Wang shen's thoughts on the principle learning of Confucian field, and poetic creation; studies his poetic thoughts and poetry works.In the introduction part of this paper, Wang shen's life experiences, his reclusion and his different versions of his works are discussed. This part studies friends he had made in different periods by put his works into an approximate chronological order. After analyzing research results other researchers got, a conclusion can be drawn. That is there is a large space left in the study of his poetic thoughts and poetry creation.The basic thought in Wang shen's poetries is that poetry comes from Taixu, this thought originated from Wang's predecessors'theory, then it is further developed by Wang shen. In the first chapter, based on exploring Wang shen's natural philosophy thoughts, the basic thought is discussed.The second chapter focuses on the content of Wang's poetry. It discuses Wang shen's pleasure in leading a reclusive life from the aspects of his reclusion, leisure and friendships. Reveal the patriotism feeling expressed by Wang's poems of philosophical art and poems of friends and contacts.The third chapter discusses artistic features of Wang's poetry. Including language style; techniques of writing and the artistic origins of Wang's poetry. Wang shen emulated Li bai in creation of his poetry. On the other hand Wang's poetry shows the talent of his poetic creation. But his poetry is somewhat inadequate; in some respects it resembles Lu Tong's works.There are some valuable features in Wang Shen poetry; his poetry shows the unique artistic charm of poetry in the Song Dynasty.