A Study Of Dieshan's Poems

Xie Bingde(1226-1289), also named Junzhi or Dieshan, whose hometown is Jiangxi Yiyang, is a famous poet and scholar in late Song and early Yuan Dynasty. He is a prolific writer but most of his works got lost due to the social upheavals between the late Song and early Yuan Dynasty. What have been passed down to the present of his works are only 92 poems, so later generations focus more upon his patriotism and literary ideas and tend to neglect his works in their research, which accounts to the fact that his works are less known to the public. My paper probes the ideas and artistic values of his works by analyzing his patriotism and moral integrity. All through his life Xie Dieshan concerned himself with the fate of his country and people. He opposed court officials' abuse of their power, fought against alien aggression, refused to work for Yuan dynasty and died a martyr. His works are rich in ideas, with patriotism, moral integrity, loyalty to the emperor and opposition to foreign invasion as the core. His works flog the rulers, sympathize with the people, and reflect his complex of being a recluse and strong desire to revitalize his country and work with other patriots and. His writing style is varied, sometimes desolate, sometimes depressed and sometimes imaginative. His works use a series of things and images to express his morality and love for his people and country.