Study Of Shengjie Zhang And His "Yutian Chunshui Xuan Collection"

Shengjie Zhang,a monk writer from Hunan Province during the Jiaqing and Daoguang years,which life experiences can roughly be divided into three stages: the "Fujian period" with his father,the "Hunan period" when he returned home from Fujian,and the "Central direct period" when he got a short official career.The Daoguang Period,in which he was active,was the beginning of the social nature of China that was gradually reduced from a feudal society to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.The huge social changes had brewed during this period,and all aspects of the conflict accelerated at this stage.Traditional intellectuals have been strongly influenced by the times during the social transformation.In the alternation of the old and new times,the drama creation of the literati reflects the distinctive theme of the brand of the times.Zhang's drama creation is a typical example in this period within the Hunan area.At the latest of the 20 th year of Daoguang Period(1840),he had created nine kinds of single-fold dramas,which were combined into one book,and named "Yutian Chunshui Xuan Collection".The types of themes of the nine single-fold dramas in "Yutian Chunshui Xuan Collection" are historical subjects.The prototypes of the stories were taken from the legends of ancient Chinese historical stories and made some adaptation and re-creation.The nine dramas are independent but set off each other's strengths.They express the true feelings of the author from four angles: home country feelings,slamming power,literati interests and unrecognized talents.Shengjie Zhang paid special attention to the material selection of the script creation.While striving for the singularity,he also followed the standard of "The story should not be too absurd",which made his works both divergent and historical authenticity."Yutian Chunshui Xuan Collection" has a quite unique feature in artistic aesthetics.In the shaping and grasping of historical figures,Zhang advocates the principle of the unity of historical and literary features,and respects the original appearance of historical figures,and rejects the boastful and unreal creative style.In terms of language organization,Shengjie Zhang is known as the name of "Talented beauty".The dramas filled with the songs are both majestic and desolate,and also no lack of twirling melody,which reflects his solid and profound writing skills.The most outstanding place in the creation of drama is his arrangement of narrative structures and the setting of the plot.Shengjie Zhang's nine dramas are single-fold dramas with short lengths,so the narrative rhythm is simple and clear.At the same time,he deliberately avoided the similarities with the predecessors,which made each piece have a distinct personal style.On this basis,he has great originality in the arrangement of the drama structure,especially pays attention to the creation of drama conflicts and the setting of suspense,so as to firmly grasp the reader's eye.Zhang's drama creations had devoted his short and bumpy life experience,and reflected the struggle and sorrow of intellectuals in the special period of social transformation,showed his humanistic concern for the real society.