Li Kaixian Poems And Drama Creation Research

Li Kaixian was a famous opera writer of middle Ming Dynasty. He was famous with《Sword Story》. At the same time he was good at article and poem creation.Wang Shenzhong,Tang Sunzhi and Li kaixian were callde eight gifted scholars of Jiajing. There ara manydifferences between poems and drama creation, but idea and spirit was inseparably connectedwith Aesthetic features. Prevenient research of Li Kaixian is focused on drama, research onpoems and relationship between poems and drama is the rarity of rarities. So study to show therelationships between poems and drama creation has positive effect on understanding his worksthoroughly.There are common ideological basis between poetry and drama creation. Li Kaixian wasof a good race, has a upright character, wanted to to serve the country intently. But that’s why hehad been suppressed by bandwagon snobs. His experience had been recorded in his poems and in《Sword Story》. Li Kaixian is concerned about the current events. His poems were recordedthings happened in Jiajing, and exposes the dark. He also assert himself by his memorial.《Sword Story》is a historical play, but it express Strong modality feeling. Li Kaixian met withmany a setback in his lifetime. Positive Confucianism and Negative Taoism Run through his alllife. In 《Sword Story》, Li Kaixian express Positive Confucianism by Lin chong and expressNegative Taoism by other people.There are correlation between Li Kaixian’s poetry and drama in the artistic point.In the respect of artistic thought, Li Kaixian advocated popular literature, on one hand hewas Affirmed the value of popular literature,on the other hand he was claim darma languagemust be simple and conversational. Li Kaixian advocated the pursuit of realistic. He writed realthings and express real feeling in his poems. And claim pursuit of realistic in his drama. LiKaixian advocated Literature can civilize people by teaching. This is reflect on his poems and hisdarma. Lin chong explain what is Loyalty, Zhenniang explain what is Filial piety.In the respect of language, both of Li Kaixian’s poetry or drama showing the samecharacteristic which elegant and popular-mixed. This characteristic is a manifestation of thepoetry’s elegant language and drama’s popular language mingled in a writer’s works.In the respect of expression, Li Kaixian’s poetry or drama also showing a blend of narrativeand lyrical. He narrates in a short poetry, or use a lot of words to express feelings in a drama,which is the fusion of expression in poetry and drama. In the respect of artistic style, Li Kaixian’s works have the characteristic of humor andfunny. Either his poetry or drama convey profound meaning In a humorous way. Li Kaixian’sconcept of the literary inheritance of the concept of poetry enlightenment, it’s not only in poetryby commend people or things which benefit to moral publicize, but also in drama by highlightloyalty and filial in the two-lane structure.