Cultural Study Of Guo Songtao's Poetics

Guo Songtao is famous for his wisdom of intelligent consciousness and independent expressions motivated by his great character, which can also be found in his poetics ideas and poetries. We choose the angle of cultural study of poetics besides the view of literature theory and study of history literature to achieve a view of how culture and history working with heart by studying deep implication of poetries. Guo Songtao left a life across Daoguang period, Xianfeng period, Tongzhi period and Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty which were also the main part of the 19^th century. His offerings on poetics and poetries provide us with a stage to understand the relationship of heart and culture and history well.Guo Songtao's poetics ideas are just like a big net running through from individual to universe and life composed of the relationship of individual and society, of individual and heart, of individual and history and of individual and nature. When expressed more in detail, it would be as followings: Poetries should have the function of moralising and humanizing. Poetries should offer ideas with poets' sincere feelings. Poets' knowledge and character and his diligent practices are necessities. It is also very important to interact with nature. The aesthetic particularity then appears to be profound, twisting and sad at heart.The poetries are carrying-out of Guo Songtao's poetics ideas, which have a tangible peculiarity of gloomy sadness across the history, interactualing with nature and harmony and humanity in social relationships.