Research On Yuan Siliang And His Poems

Yuan Siliang(1879-1939),the courtesy name is Bokui,the literary name is Mangan,which named byhimself.Yuan Siliang came from Xiangtan of changsha in Hunan province.He is the first son of Yuan Shuxun,who was the acting governor of Shandong province in Qing guangxu dynasty.He was the student of great poet,Chen Sanli.Born in December 14,1879,died in 1939,lied for 61years.The biggest characteristic of society in late Qing dynasty is "change",fast and wide,bigger than any period of feudal era,with the reality that democracy instead of autocracy in 1911 revolution,the tradition of dynastic in China for thousands of years has gone forever,the halt of this tradition means the disruptive change of lifestyle,cultural background that feudal scholars used to.under the background this era,individual scholars made a change to this reaction,all under the branded imprint of The Times.Yuan Siliang has experienced three stages in life,to run for the imperial positive when he was young,in the early time of the republic of China,he planed for an ideal constitutional government,after the failure,he went back home,on the implicit cultural retirement way.His ups and downs of life,condensed into the picture era vicissitudes of life changes.Yuan Siliang lived with cultural identity of elderly people.after retirement,faced of the new era storm,the mind became unadpting,often write down own mood by ink,he searched for the identity of cultural adherents in the writing texts,having a drink,and discussing poems with friends.whether suffered by China's feudal ethical order have been changed since Western learning spreading to the East.Or the criticism to the Yang mo utilitarianism since the late Qing dynasty,and his nostalgia for imperial examinations that feudal intellectuals knowledgeable people regard it as the foundation of life for thousands year,all mean his self-pursuit as a cultural adherent.Adherents group interaction in Qing dynasty,which is the heart echo of the present situation in the republic of China.For everyone in group,interpersonal interaction is a good perspective to show the ideal pursuit,be an official or not.Yuan Siliang as a man world-abanded man and became a roused hermit,the circle that he agree and actively participate,is a group all person loyal to the Qing dynasty.Especially the association with Chen Sanli,Chen zengshou and Zheng xiaoxu most can reflect his life pursuit.Yuan Siliang's poems claims linger around within the classical aesthetic category,he had no special poetry works,many poems showed in foreword.He argued that poetry should in innovation on the basis of inheritance,he promoted the style of plain and graceful,plain poetry style and respect classic,admired noble tradition,poetry should relate to society and the sufferings of the people's livelihood.Yuan Siliang poetry is abundant,he discussed poetry with friends and teacher,he expressed feelings byTi Hua poems.He sent the feelings,emotions admiring:flowers,with the strong dissatisfaction to the reality of indignation agitation.in his calmly elegant and natural words,always diffuse a kind of melancholy.