The Study Of Zhouzizhi And His Xianyi Ci

Zhou zizhi was criticized by later people due to having a close relationshipin his old age with Qinhui and his son who named Qinxi and writting birthdaypoems for them. Because he lives in the end of the North Song dynasyt andthe beginning of the South Song dynasty, the appeal of patriotism and anti-Jingrowing louder, but Zhou zizhi was against the war and advocated to developproductivity. So Zhou zizhi and his works are despised by some scholars forthousands of years. In his poem, we can feel the spirit of his sympathy aboutpeople, but most of his Zhupo Ci is entirely written about mood feeling of dailylife and self-seclusion. In that time, patriotism words just like waves and tide；it’s not hard to understand why his works are overlooked naturally by peoplethrough the ages.However, some ancient and modern scholars such as Sunjing wholives in Song dynasty，Maojin who lives in Ming dynasty，Xueliruo who livesin modern times think highly of Zhou zizhi’works. Doctor Zhangdiyun classifiedthe SongCi and divided them into four schools including graceful, uninhibited,elegance, and leisure, and Zhou Zizhi was viewed as the representative of theleisure school. They fully affirmed the Zizhi Zhupo Ci’ artistic achievements.Zhou zizhi is deeply affected by Taoism.“Less vulgar rhyme withoutproper in young age”, but he extremely love nature and maintain the heartbeyond this word. What he pursue for lifelong is enjoying the nature, through experiencing beauty to know the essence of nature and enlightenment andconvert to free his mind to enjoy nature and protect the real he. What he wroteis originated in the spirit of the soul, and he writes it use the identity of the idleand ambitious people. His works has the feel of defying the secular and has novulgar impurities. Part of his Xianyi Ci express he an insight into this world andthe nature, while he said only far away from the city will make him physical andmental ease. Most of his Xianyi Ci describes the wonderful beauty to conveytheir adaptive and happy mood in the mountains. There is also part of hisXianyi Ci depict himself live a life with endless years wandering, and eventuallyturning sadness into eager missing of returning to the mountains.To sum up, the style of the Zhouzizhi’ Xianyi Ci is owning the quietscenery and feminine beauty of the whole world. Overall, when he describemountains and nature, his Ci will show the feel of fresh and beautiful, gracefuland elegant, spontaneous and sparse, beautiful clear, rich in pure emotion.This article first introduce his life and hold the attitude of “sympatheticunderstanding” to treat the act of writing birthday poems for Qin Hui and hisson and having a study of Zhupo Ci’s “leisure” words from the aspect oftendency and artistic characteristics.