Research On Fa Shishan And His Poetry

Fa Shishan is a famous Eight Banners Mongolian scholar during Qianlong andJiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. He had a good knowledge of history as well asliterary quotations，and created Huai Ting Zai Bi, Qing Mi Shu Wen,Tao Lu Za Lu andother books. Among those books, Tao Lu Za Lu can be called Encyclopedia ofHistory,which has important reference value on the study of society and politics,ancient books version and laws and regulations of Ancient China. In addition, He is awell-known scholar of compilation, involved in the codification of Si Ku Quan Shu,and he edited Quan Tang Wen, Xi Chao Ya Song Ji and other books.Fa Shishan had also made outstanding achievements in poetry creation. Hecreated a lot of ancient-style poetry and Modern Style poetry. Despite of the missedones, there still existed three thousand poems which were collected in his four poetryanthologies, Cun Su Tang Shi Chu Ji Lu Cun,Cun Su Tang Shi Er Ji,Cun Su Tang XuJi and Cun Su Tang Shi Gao. He created these poems during thirty-three years fromthe year he succeeded in the Chinese imperial examination (1780) to the year of hisdeath (1813). These poems not only give us a good glimpse of all aspects of his poetry,but also reflect the gradually matured and enriched process of Fa Shishan poetrycreation. The poetry of Fa Shishan represent the new look of poetry writing inQianlong and Jiaqing period. What’s more, his poetry writing symbols the new heightof the Eight Banners literature and Mongolian literature. In addition, Fa Shishan leadsthe poetry writing for three decades，“Wu Men Shu Wu” and " Shi Kan" he opened upnot only worked as the literary salon of the upper classes but also performed as ashelter for a large number of lackluster scholar and painter, Besides, he liked toencourage the younger generation, consequently, he had a long-term influence in theQianlong and Jiaqing period even the whole Qing Dynasty poetry.The introduction part of this article introduces the history and present situation ofthe research on Fa Shishan and his Poetry. The current research mainly focused on theanalysis of the poetic and aesthetic ideas of Wu Men Shi Hua Created by Fa Shishan,and only a few of the several papers focused on his poetry, most of which just madesimple classification or general description on his poetry. Therefore, it is necessary for us to study on Fa Shishan poetry. What’s more, we can pay attention to this uniqueliterary clusters in the Qing Dynasty from the perspective of the Eight Banners ofMongolia scholars. The first chapter introduces Fa Shishan’s life stories as well asmain contents of his work and briefly introduces the social life of Fa Shishan. FaShishan had many friends who came from different backgrounds, They created poemtogether and study the Art of poetry from each other. Based on Fa Shishan’s identityas the Eight Banners Mongolian.The second chapter mainly explores the localizationprocess of the Eight Banners of Mongolia poets, and explains this phenomenon fromthe basic national policy of the Qing government and the Qing Dynasty Mongolian’sinitiative to accept Chinese culture and explores the inner emotional state during theculture collision from the poems of Eight Banners of Mongolia poet. The third chapterfocuses on Wu Men Shi Hua and Ba Qi Shi Hua, exploring the unique content of FaShishan’s poetic thought. The fourth chapter introduced the theme implication of FaShishan’s poetry in different categories based on the existing three thousand poems ofFa Shishan. Based on the interpretation of poetry. The fifth chapter sums up the styleof Fa Shishan’s poetry as a whole, and analyses the artistic characteristics which canbe described using words like subtle and refined, rich in Buddhist sense, thecombination of unique literature images. The conclusion part summarizes FaShishan’s status in the literary history of the Qing Dynasty as well as his impact onfuture generations.