Tian Xi And The Study Of His Prose

Tian Xi,a famous statesman and writer in the early Song Dynasty,was known for his discipline and integrity in his life.In the prosperous scene of the peaceful and prosperous times,one could see the hidden social malpractices.Remind the ruler not to forget the danger.For the official,can also know everything,really fulfilled the responsibility of filling up the lack.Tian Xi is not only patriotic,concerned about the plight of the people,but also a literary writer.Luo Guowei's XianPingji collected 30 volumes of Tian Xi's works,including more than 10 styles such as poetry,prose,cifu,zouyi,letters,etc.Among them,His prose reflects the efforts and attempts made by the ancient writers in the early Song Dynasty to innovate the soft style of writing in the five dynasties.The study of Tian Xi's prose begins with the broad concept of prose,and the scope of the research includes Zouyi,Zhigao,Letters Patent,and talking about it.Tian Xi not only accepted Liu Xie's literary thought of "inheriting and creative view of literature" consciously,but also discussed the relationship between "the normal state of literature" and "change of literature".In addition,different from the thought of Liu Kai and others in the same period,Tian Xi not only attached importance to the Dao,but also did not neglect the aesthetic function of literature,which was of progressive significance at that time.Tian Xi's prose generally advocating nature.At the same time,absorption of the five generation of style,has been improved.In the ancient Chinese literature from the content and form of the Pian wen to San wen.Tian Xi 's prose is full of the momentum,and he has accepted Han Yu 's thought of “proper words wih full momentum”.Tian Xi was a litterateur who lived his life with good conduct.His honestpersonality spirit and his inheriting literary thought had a great influence on the Bashu litterateur and their descendants.