Yuan Mei, "ling Said

As the epitomy of relevant advacation on XiitgLing, yuan Mei's idea of XingLing freed the poetic creation from the confinement of the pre- vailing dogmas on style and texture, facilitated its return to the pirot of expressing human feelings, and promoted a progress in the conceptual e- mancipation of literature. Studies on yuan's idea of XingLing is a long hard journey in which numerous researches hare been done, but little agreement been achieved. A tentative survey is done to the subject and interpretation is given concerning the aesthetic spirit and value of yuan's idea of XingLing. The thesis is composed of a prologue, seetidn A, section B and an epilogue. Section A, discussing the aesthetic spirit, is divided into four chapters. chapter I is centered upon the semantic understanding of Xin- gLing, chapter II detects the original and historical causes. chapttr III re- veals the cultural meaning of XingLing in Suiyuan Shi hua. Dirided into three chapters, section B expourds the aesthetic value of XingLing in the dimensions of history actuality and future. chapter â…  tells the differences and sinilarities between yuan's XingLing and the precedented XingLing. chapter â…¡ is focused upon the contribution of yuan's XingLing to the aesthetic creation and practice. chapter â…¢ generalizes the influence of yuan's XingLing ever the succeeding relevant thories.