Researches Of The Criticism Of Zhao Mei Zhan Yan By Fang Dongshu On The Poetry Of Han, Wei And Six Dynasties

Zhao Mei Zhan Yan, the poetic theory book by Fang Dongshu, is all twenty-onevolumes. It divides into three parts, which are Five-character-ancient-verse,Seven-character-ancient-verse and Seven-character-regular-verse. The first volume tothe volume seventh of the Five-character-ancient-verse focuse on the Han, Wei and SixDynasties’ poets group such as Cao Zhi, Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun, Bao Zhao, XieTiao, and comment their specific poems comprehensively and detailedly. The articlestudies the criticism of Zhao Mei Zhan Yan by Fang Dongshu on the poetries ofHan,Wei and Six Dynasties. In Zhao Mei Zhan Yan, Fang Dongshu given poetry ofHan,Wei and Six Dynasties proper positioning, he thought the Han, Wei poetry inheritthe traditional of FengYa and respected them as the best ofFive-character-ancient-verse, while the Six Dynasties’ poets especially poets of Qi andLiang received a lot of criticism. He took Cao Zhi, Ruan Ji, Tao Yuanming, XieLingyun, Bao Zhao, Xie Tiao respectively as the leader in their time, while otherschools for their wings, the location of Cao Zhi, Ruan Ji, Tao Yuanming is higher thanXie Lingyun, Bao Zhao, Xie Tiao,which from poetry achievement, and also fromthe moral personality.Fang Dongshu took the poet group’s moral personality, thoughtquality and the election of officialdom and reclusion as "Ben Ling" to be paid. Hetook the Neo Confucianism identity and stood on the Confucian standpointto comment the poet groups’"Ben Ling",which can be seen from the commentary ofTao Yuanming’s ideological tendency and political stand.He acted as a Gu Wenjia ofTongcheng school and applied the "Yi-Fa" theory put forward by Fang Bao to thepoetic theory, analyzing the "Wen-Fa" of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties’ poetsSpecifically and detailedly. He seen the Han, Wei Dynasty poetry as the modelof "Wen-Fa",and had made the concise analysis on them, revealed the PoeticsCharacteristic of Tongcheng school, also provided a new perspective for the study ofHan,Wei Dynasty poetry.At the same time, in order to avoid the drawback produced by the theory of "Wen-Fa", Fang Dongshu grasped the poetic style of the Han, Wei andSix Dynasties in a higher level.He respected the "Han Wei Qige", aspired loftinessand vigorousness, which are also the esthetic taste of Tongcheng school.