A Study On Shihuai

In late Ming dynasty,the poetics of Jingling School which guided by Zhong Xing(??),exerts a greater influence thanGong'an School orany other schools SHIGUI(????),a poetry anthology compiled by Zhong Xing and Tan Yuanchun(???)represents the Jingling School's achievement in poetry critique and wins enormousnotoriety.SHIHUAI(????)is another important work by Zhong.The existing researches on Shihuai,which were rarely seen.Therefore,the present thesis,based on the mastered material and existing scholarship,the present thesis constitutes a further investigation into the un-examined aspects of Shihuai.Chapter one,an overview of Shihuai,mainly falls into two sections.In the firstsection,the author discusses the creation background of Shi-huai fromtwo aspects,namely,the temporal backgroundof Shihuai itself and the spatial background of the poetic thoughts in the anthology.In the second section,the author studies thecompletion time,the selection criteria of Shihuai,and the compilers' expectations.Chapter two,the editions of Shihuai.We focus on the five major versions and its sorts and details;at the same time,we correct somenegligence and sort out the rough version of the graph.Chapter three,the contents of Shihuai.By discussing the stylistic rulesand contents of Shihuai,toexploreZhong Xing's historical thoughts,literary pursuits and personal ideal.Chapter four,the value of Shihuai.We discuss by two parts:the reputation of Shihuia,and Shihuai's value of the historical study of Ming dynasty.In part one,we falls into two sections.One is from the aspects of Zhong himself,the other is the whole times of Ming dynasty.In part two,we revaluate the worth of Shihuai,espercialy the shoot of "early four history woks",the style of Shihuai and the derivative works of it.Shihuai is a fine specimen of Zhong Xing's historic thoughts.Studies of Shihuai can facilitate us to get a panoramic view of the historic thoughts of Zhong,and grasp the evolution of history in late Ming dynasty.