The Study On Zhang Deying’s Ci And His Thoungt Of Ci

Zhang Deying is one of the significant Ci-poets in the Lingnan area during the transition period from the late-Qing Dynasty to the beginning of the Republic of China. Influenced by Qian-Jia Textural Research School of Thought, he created works with strong characteristics originated from Chang Zhou School of Ci-poet.Zhang Deying is a originator using the traditional form and style to express his emotion and minds, which fully represents the shock brought by the dramatic social change during such a time of turmoil. His concern for the country’s future and experiences of travel is the main topics of his work. Lingnan sceneries and customs makes up the major part of Zhang’s poems.Zhang Deying is not only a poet but also a painter, therefore his Ci-poems intertwined the aesthetics of painting and literature.With a kind of grace, Zhang’s Ci-poems are written to express the author’s great and ambitious thoughts.Zhang Deying insists that Ci-poems should be written with the principle of "meaning is between the appropriate written lines”, based on textual criticism, rhyme and skills with persistence of the traditions of Ci-poems. Zhang Deying comments and analyzes Ci-poems in the way which is similar to historical method,and also has quite strong self-awareness and motivations of practice. He is especially good at commenting the Ci-poets living in the same time. In his comments, he depictes the general situation of Cannon Ci-poet realm in the late-Qing Dynasty from point to the whole picture. The book “Ci Zheng ” is valuable on literature and academic reference for differentiating the versions of Ci-poem albums and the authenticity of tunes of words and rhymes.When the western knowledge was brought to China, the country developed incredibly quickly, and new methods of studying Ci-poems also emerged and gradually matured. Zhang Deying, standing at the conjunction of of history, would be thought as one of the best representatives on behalf of the last generation of traditional Ci-poets and scholars.