Limited Views : Essays On Ideas And Letters (1) And Sutra

Limited Views :Essays on Ideas and Letters is a great work on literature and art theory written by Qian Zhongshu. The book gave analysis and research to ten classic literatures and the traditional review on them as well. Qian Zhongshu connected kinds of subjects together, and made Chinese and Western culture dialogize with each other so as to study the common discipline of literature and art by the ways of gloss, explanation, argumentation, induction and so on. Qian Zhongshu knew Sutra very well, so he quoted many Sutras in the book. He quoted Sutra here and there in his book to certify literature and art theory. For example, he quoted them to compare with some verse line. In this way, he matched Sutras and other ideology together, and also he opened up to readers the process of Buddhism's development in China indirectly. The paper tried to unfold the method of literature and art analysis with Sutra by the discuss on the relationship between Limited Views:Essays on Ideas and Letters and Sutra.The paper tries to analyze the relationship between Limited Views :Essays on Ideas and Letters (1) and Sutra. The first is the methodology and Sutra, which is especially emphasized by Qian Zhongshu. The second is literature metaphor and Sutra. Metaphor is a important method in literature, so as in Sutra, from which Qian Zhongshu makes new conceptions in metaphor. Authority feeling was detailed analyzed in this chapter as well. The third is subject matter and Sutra. Sutra story affect Chinese literature a lot. The end is axiology and Sutra. Chinese people held different attitude when Buddhism was brought to China. So it was a long way before Buddhism graft onto Chinese culture. After these, there is an index of the Sutras quoted in this book for check.