The Study Of Li Yu’s Gay Literature

Li Yu (1610-1680), is important man in the literary history of Qing dynasty, is alsorelatively rare gay writer in the history of Chinese ancient literature. Its wrote gayliterature writings include Sympathetic to the Female Companion, A MalMencius’Mothertaught three moved, Cui Ya Building, there are also some other writings of gay andlesbian content. Li Yu’s writings inherited his characteristics of pursuing new and change,make the gay literature writings and artistic form have the new breakthrough.Homosexuality is a counter-current in the heterosexual hegemony emotion, gayliterature has long been considered marginal literature, mostly avoiding even denigratingattitude, so the scholar has few takers. The Study of Li Yu is the growing in recent years,but Li Yu’s writings overlooked intentionally, since studying Li Yu’s writings, we shouldnot ignore it, should give objective evaluation, and system integration, perfect the studyof the study of Li Yu, make Li Yu’s research towards further thorough, therefore choosethis topic to do in-depth research has multiple meanings.The paper main body is divided into three parts:The first chapter describes Li Yu writings’gay love world, its content two parts: thefirst part is about expanding Novels of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies. Li Yu’swritings have characteristic of the love at first sight and talent-emotional interaction, thesame as Novels of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies, and have the characteristic"spreads woman, praise its powers" of Novels of gifted scholars and beautiful ladiesbeauties novel. Li Yu writings have the characteristic of light’s snob like gifted scholarsand beautiful ladies, but it expanded the personal value and social value aspects. Thesecond part is about gay characters in the Li Yu’s writings, gay is divided into absoluteXu Jifang image, three mode of homosexuality, You Ruilang, lesbian image.The second chapter discusses Li Yu gay literature contradiction and unity ofaesthetic connotation, from the aesthetic angle elaborates the four questions: First, theopposition to gay and lesbian issues and indulgent attitude ambivalence, contempt andsympathy; Second, the fierce collision of talented-romantic and Neo-Confucianism in LiYu’s literature writings; Third, the perfect unity of emotion and reason; Four is commonand mutual penetration; Fourth, Mutual penetration of vulgarity and elegance. Embodies the confrontation between Li Yu literature writings in four aspects of the unity ofcontradictionsThe third part mainly expounds social values of Li Yu literature writings, from threeaspects: First, revealing the tragic in Li Yu’s literature writings from ethics; Second, theapplication and expression of "social paradox" in Li Yu literature writings. Third, theflaw and the insufficiency of literature writings, make people happy, the lack of profoundideological connotation at the same time.