The Study Of Zhang Dai's Mentality Change And Creation

Zhang dai was praised as the master of the essays of the late Ming dynasty.Zhang dai's mentality and identity are complex,he is both a writer and a historian.There is not only have vivid social customs,but also have a deep sense of national destruction in his essays.It can be said that it is the various encounters in the Ming and qing dynasties that brought profound changes in zhang dai's mentality,and promoted him to have an irreplaceable place in the history of literature.This paper will analyze zhang dai's mentality change and creation from the following three chapters:The first chapter analyzes the causes of zhang dai's mentality from two aspects: social background and zhang dai himself.Before zhang dai was born,the Ming dynasty was already prosperous economically and politically,and many new ideas were emerging among the people.In the era of zhang dai's life,although the political economy has been bleak,the social atmosphere is still lively and free.The new trend of culture in the late Ming dynasty encouraged him to focus on his heart and develop himself.After entering the qing dynasty,zhang dai changed from a fighter to a cultural mourner.At the time of the reform of the Ming and qing dynasties,zhang dai was not only full of hatred for the qing soldiers,but also sad about the lost of the homeland.The environment of wandering around,hunger and cold also made it very difficult for zhang dai to accept.At this time,zhang dai expressed more complaints in his works.However,with the adaptation to the poor life,the works also gradually revealed open-minded and self-sufficient.In addition to social changes and other external factors will affect zhang dai's mentality.Zhang dai's personal personality,aesthetic taste,physical quality and the vicissitude of the fate of people around family friends also affect zhang dai's creative mentality.Zhang dai's poems and essays reflect his respect for his relatives and his yearning for his friends,which not only influenced his writing subject but also his writing style.The second chapter analyzes the vicissitude of zhang dai's creative mentality,which is represented by several important works from the early to the late period.Zhang dai was born in a superior family.He cared about the nation's peril,and created the biography of righteous heroes of ancient and modern times to arouse people's indifferent and numb moral emotions.He loves to travel and play with water.His mountain hydrology is not only about appreciating natural landscapes,but also pursuing a unique pleasure that is different from others.After the fall of the Ming dynasty,zhang dai had been following the king of lu for a period of time.However,realizing the weakness of the southern Ming dynasty and the incompetence of the king of lu,zhang dai lived a poor life in the secluded mountains.At this time,zhang dai not only couldn't get basic satisfaction in life,but also suffered a lot in soul.The overall state of mind of poetry creation was very depressed and depressed.Until the end of this life of seclusion,zhang dai rented the fast garden,rules in this.Although the garden is still desolate and dilapidated,but through zhang dai's own repairs,it has become the only place that can be called home after zhang dai's country broke up and his family died.The third chapter is the choice and zhang dai have similar experience of the family of the children of the adherents,and zhang dai for comparison.Zhang dai's creative mentality is related to his life experience.Comparing with the survivors who had similar experiences with zhang dai in the late Ming and early qing dynasties,we can see that they all have the same choice of literary themes and writing techniques.Their nostalgia for the past makes them choose to write about the theme of memory and their helplessness to the reality makes them place their hope in dream.Different works have different characteristics in writing dream and memory and different life experiences also influence the author to present different creative mentality.