Xiezhen's Times And His Poetics Theory Of Labor In IT Industry

In Ming Dynasty, artistic level of poetry is not high, while poetics theory is abundant. Poetics theory of Ming Dynasty is a summarization of Chinese classical poetry, which influenced posterity.Xiezhen is one of the founders of a famous group made up of seven litterateurs in Jiajing emperor in Ming Dynasty and one of the most famous poets in his times.Xiezhen's times and idea of poetics are studied here. A major goal of this paper is to make an objective evaluation of his contribution to Chinese classical poetics and an interpretation on some relevant issues by analyzing the characteristics of the times, his life story, value orientation and his achievements.The introduction indicates research significance and presents research situation and method.The opening chapter analyzes the formation, development and characters of Xiezhen's theory by reviewing the sign of the times from the last years of Hongzhi Reign to the early years of Wanli Reign in Ming Dynasty, including disposition of emperors, the political situation, political struggle and literary trend. His poetics theory was influenced by the period in which he lived. He enjoyed creating flowery poetry in early years while affirmed the poetry in the heyday of Tang Dynasty and greatly esteemed the poetic style of Cao's family. He was mindful of potential perils and emphasized goodness and heroism in his works. He kept in close contact with many feudal princes, which forced him to get embroiled in political struggles. The struggle between his group and Yansong provoked conflicts. He joined in Fanfu, which impacted on his theory. As one of the members of a famous group, he kept in close contact with the poets in Wuzhong and started to create light literature early. Traditionalist movement, intercommunion between Wuzhong and rapid development of light literature provided nutrients for him.The second chapter explores Xie Zhen's life story and poetics theory by means of his friends'discourses and his works. He was born in a poor family, lost his parents at an early age and then was forced to join in Fanfu for a living. He considered writing poets as the highest ideal and carried down a rich cultural heritage to us, including 2552 poems, 450 poetry and 80 commentaries. He made a living by writing. To lift his poems to a new level he ran in all directions. He was well in with plenty of poets and formed a diversified poetics theory.The third chapter probes into his viewpoint on ontology. He thought epic marked poems and affirmed different characteristics bestowed by the times.The other three chapters describe characteristics of his poetics theory. Versification, appreciation and creation inter-infiltrated and constituted his theory. The forth chapter focuses on his point on imitation. He suggested that classical poetry should learn from Han Dynasty while modern-style poetry Tang Dynasty. The fifth chapter focuses on his opinion on appreciation. He indicated evaluation standard, artistic conception and rhetorical devices in detailed. In addition, some effective principles of methods were summarized. The sixth chapter discusses creation. He submitted detailed opinions on quality of poets, artistic conception and rhetorical devices.The conclusion makes clear that poetics theory is Xiezhen's major achievement and affirms that he plays an active role to inherit the past and usher in the future.Further more, a chronicle was worked out based on works, historical data and unofficial stories as the appendix.