Qu Dajun Personality And His Poetry Creation

This paper consists of an introduction, a six-chapter main body, and a conclusion. Included in the introductory part are the reason for and the significance of selecting the present subject, a brief introduction to the existing studies of Qu Dajun, and the objective, methods and main features of this research.The first chapter mainly concerns the multifaceted personality of Qu Dajun. Qu was a controversial and somewhat antiestablishmentarian poet in late Ming and early Qing dynasties. In a time of dynastic shift and his father's death, Qu's world outlook bordered on zennist escapism. However, he never disciplined himself totally with zennist practices. Dominating in his ego was Confucian belief, and supplementing to it bardic conventions. As far as personality was concerned, his character was truth, goodness, and beauty united in one.The second chapter mainly touches upon the valedictory poems by Qu. These poems can best represent the aspect of purity and honesty in his character. In terms of motif, these poems can be grouped into three categories, namely, a Confucian salvationism, chivalric feelings, and his genuine ego. His intercourse with Wang Shizhen was a point to note because it told of their different characters and gave some clue to the overall features of Qu's personality. Valedictory poem is a means of interpersonal communication and also a result of such communications. True was it that the large number of valedictory poems had much to do with Qu's specific era, but his personal inclination also contributed a lot.The third chapter is devoted to Qu's landscape poems. These category betrayed part of Qu's innermost thinking, the loyalty to nationality, the...