A Research On Chen Xu's Classical Poetry Creation And Education

Chen Xu(1879-1940)was born in a confucian medical family in Hangzhou in the late Qing Dynasty,and received good traditional culture education from childhood.He was a litterateur,newspaperman,translator and businessman as well at that epoch of intersection of the east and the west,the ancient and the modern.The paper goes back to this influential man of literature and industry in the past century by means of studying his classical poetry creation and education.Prolegomenon introduces the main life experience of Chen Xu,clarifies the research status of the topic at home and abroad,and points out the necessity of the research on Chen Xu's classical poetry creation and education.The first chapter sorts out the literature of Chen Xu's published poems,and then,points out his poetry creation opinion which is observing the traditional style and advocating writing spirit in clear language with relevant materials.The second chapter classifies Chen Xu's classical poetry and analyses the content and characteristics.He regards sincere feelings as the base of the amorous poetry.The art style of the amorous poetry is changeable and diversiform,and Chen Xu is good at using novel writing method to form a unique style.The business-theme poetry records Chen Xu's business experience,reflects socio-economic phenomena,and conveies national economic idea.It not only enriches the merchant imagel and the business culture in the literary works,but also embodies the high development of confucian merchants' ethical spirit in the millennium.The poetry of current affairs reveals Chen Xu's spirit of caring and loyalty.However,in the face of national chaos and tough life,Chen Xu also looked forward to the Taoyuan and admired buddhas.In addition,the poetry on painting,sense and scenery also have their own characteristics.The third chapter discusses Chen Xu's classical poetry education.In the first place,we will review the process of running the correspondence club.In the next place,we will expound the edit and the publishment of Wen Yuan Dao You Lu and Wen Yi Cong Bian,the correspondence periodicals.And then,we will point out the content of Chen Xu's classical poetry education,which includs systematic knowledge imparting and scattered specific guidance.It reflects the character of the integration of old and new in that modern transition period and the characteristic which is creative practice oriented.Concerning about the fate of traditional culture and the mission of inheriting traditional culture,Chen Xu devoted himseif in classical poetry education.Chen Xu's contribution is not only the cultivation of a number of outstanding students,but also the growth of the traditional cultural lifeline through the transmission of generations.