The Study Of Li Xianfang's Poetry And Prose

Li Xianfang was an important literati in the late Ming Dynasty Jiajing,he was also one of the extensive-five-poet,his relationship spreaded all over in the School of Seven Scholars and the subsidiary,and Wang Shizhen made a friendship with Li Panlong owing to Li Xianfang's effort.Although Li Panlong and Wang Shizhen had established the new poets' club in the name of the School of Seven Scholars,and Li Xianfang collided with them about the position in the poets' club,but they still maintained the relationship,in the case of Li Xianfang,he had abundant experience and extensive intercourse in his lifetime.Li Xianfang 's poetics could be found in his Du Shi Si Ji,Ni Gu Yue Fu Xu,preface and the letter.His poetics which could be different from the School of Seven Scholars,had objective standpoint,he paid more attention to expression than the style,in his preface and letter Li Xianfang had also showed his opinion to the existing circumstances of poetic circles.Li Xianfang 's primary anthology was the thirteen volumes of Dong Dai Shan Fang Shi Lu.The style of his poetry has both emphasis and diversity,the pentasyllabic regulated verse has the largest proportion of the poem,the contents include three themes: poem responding,landscape tour and memory.His poem also had a clear and refreshing language,a relaxed atmosphere,and an overall artistic style.Li Xianfang's prose had been included in the four volume of Li Shi Shan Fang Ji,totally 182 articles.Among them,the preface and biography figured prominently,We could further understand Li Xianfang's literary position by his preface.Li Xianfang 's biographies had provided a lot of valuable historical materials for future generations of researchers,would be powerful supplement to the existing information.Generally speaking,Li Xianfang has certain academic value and deserves attention.