So far, about the status of Yan Jidao himself and his poems in the literaturalhistory of Tang and Song Dynasty, academics generally hold the opinion that the XiaoShan-Ci, besides the long poems which had been popular then, was a circumfluencein the evolution of poems by means of XiaoLing-Ci.The paper elaborates Yah Jidao's tragic life and his unique literatural style mailyin three aspects: Firstly, starting from his life background and life experience, theauthor makes discussions about his unique character and tragic life. Next, afterintroducing Yan's poem-and-wine career and his creations, the author strives to studythe abundant contents and the reasons of creation his poems. Lastly, after stating YanJidao's own literatural style and the unique charm of Xiaoshan-Ci which can shockpeople's mind, the author tries to explain that XiaoShan-Ci was not merely acircumfluence, but also inosculate into the magor tide of that time, even made its owncolourful reflections, which explores another wide area for the creation ofXiaoling-Ci. |