On The Spirit Of Taoist Culture In Zhang Wei's Novels

Zhangwei has produced plentiful works with abundant meanings as one of the most important writers in the contemporary Chinese literary world, which consequently have gained various commentaries. Start from the creation of ancient boat Zhangwei's writing has been influenced markedly by Chinese conventional culture while his culture aptness is multifold.Taoism culture takes the most significant part of the feature of Zhangwei's creations embodying in four aspects as the following: 1. Notion of nature as "world coexisting with me, universe unifying with me". Besides Zhangwei perceives the earth according to Taoism's thoughts of "Tao procreating world by the law of nature", his apperception to the place of human in the universe is the same as Taoism, manifesting expressly in the depiction on the relationship of human and animal. 2. Notion of society as "being harmonious with universe" and opposing Alienation. Zhangwei pictures the scenes where human coexists with universe and world harmoniously with criticizing the modern materializations and technologilism. 3. Attitude to living as being inactive and simple-hearted without snatch. Zhangwei shapes his characters who end up with felling back on the wild to identify with Taoism's idea of simplicity, inaction and non-contend. 4. Manner of sensation as "to follow the nature true-heartedly with surmounting the restriction of the common customs". Some of the characters in Zhangwei's novels, paying attention to inside feelings, rejecting the fetters of tradition, pursue mightily the freedom and personality-independence.The Daoism culture proneness of Zhangwei himself and his novels that does not merely regress to Taoism culture has its own meanings. With his own comprehension to Taoism, Zhangwei is trying to build a spirit home for the people of the time, as well as to search for the headspring of the value of being.