The Study Of Chen Guan And His Literary Works

Chen Guan was a competent official,profound scholar and talented writer in the late Northern Song Dynasty.The date of Chen Guan's death has been controversial.This paper with the aid of Chen Yuan' articles make sure that Chen Guan died in 1122.Chen Guan had many friends,such as Yang Shi,You Zuo,Huang Tingjian,Li Zhiyi,Hui Hong,etc.Chen Guan composed one hundred and fifty-three essays,sixty-nine poems and twenty-two Ci.Chen Guan composed 111 political articles.These articles mainly included the emperor's filial piety,impeaching officials,against the imperial government,recommending talents to court.Chen Guan wrote letters to his colleagues,friends and juniors.Chen Guan made a fierce criticism of Zeng Bu's negligence in governing the country.Chen Guan,Yang Shi,You Zuo and Zou Hao discussed Shao Yong Yixue,Mencius evaluation problem,Zen and the theory of the heart.Chen Guan wrote letters to educate the younger generation.Letters included Lun Zizhi essay and Ze Shen essay.Chen Guan highly affirmed Cheng Hao in the letter.Chen Guan also song Tao Yuanming's “Ah,homebound I go”,expressing his loyalty and sorrow.Chen Guan created Changhe poems,Self warning poems and Chan poems.Chen Guan created many Changhe poems when he entered the career.Chen Guan created Self warning poems and Chan poems after suffering a series of blows,while these poems permeated his meditation on life and academics.Chen Guan wrote Associative Ci,Homecoming Ci and Tease Ci.Chen Guan's Ci had high artistic merit.The style of Chen Guan's Ci was natural and austere,which was greatly influenced by Tao Yuanming and Su Shi.The artistic value of Chen Guan's literary works had received little attention.In general,Chen Guan political essays had great influence in later generations.If we want to know Chen Guan's political activities and thoughts in the late Northern Song Dynasty,we must be with the aid of Chen Guan's works.Chen Guan's poems lacked comment and attention,with only a few friends singing towards he.Chen Guan's Ci poems were incorporated into many anthologies because having high artistic quality.After Jing Kang Calamity,a lot of scholars thought Cai Jing and Wang Anshi were responsible for the national subjugation.Chen Guan won the Southern Song Dynasty rulers' citation because of attacking Cai Jing and Wang Anshi.With the effort of Yang Shi,Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi's theories were more and more popular.Chen Guan learned from Cheng Hao and his many students learned from Yang Shi.This academic relationship might affect the evaluation of Chen Guan for Southern Song Dynasty scholars.However,while the status of Chen Guan rose continuously,the most important reason is that his noble personality win the recognition of the world.