On The Canal Poetry Of Gongzizhen

In the Qing dynasty, the area around the Grand Canal with good transport facilities,economic prosperity, culture prosperity and a trend first is the centre of ideology, politics,economy and culture.A remarkable place produces outstanding people,the area around the Grand Canalgathers lots of famous ideologists and literatis.Gongzizhen is one of them whose life andliterary works are closely connected to the Grand Canal.From his birth around the GrandCanal,moving,imperial examinations,career,travelling from south to north,his passing bymany coastal towns and cities,the interactions between poets and scholars,chant poems orverses with other poets,social relationships,academic activities all influence him a lot in hismind and writing.Gongzizhen is a great literati and a poet.During his travelling, he writes plenty of canalpoetry. The social developments of the area around the Grand Canal,the relationship andjournal during the travelling,the customs,the natural scenery,the canal travel and so on play avery important role in both his life and wrtings.As a travelled poet who is concerning state,hiscanal poetry show a uniquestate of thought and culture and aesthetic style.They also show profound sufferingconsciousness and age social thinking and they are full of criticises to the dark society and thewill to reform.In art style, there are both magnificent feelings and sorrow and aesthetical worth inGongzizhen’s canal poetry and manifest as aurablade and Flute heart.Gongzizhen’s canalpoetry get high achievements no matter in idea or in art.