Research On Gu Ruopu's Poems

Gu Ruopu is a crucial female litterateur in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty.“ Her morality and literature ranked first in Wulin.”Her Wo Yue Xuan Gao was praised by Wang Shizhen for its expansive proses.Her literature had exerted an influence on the works of “Jiaoyuan Poetry Society” to some extent.She palyed a part in literary history of women in Qing Dynasty as a connector.This article is divided into five chapters.The first chapter studies the writer's family,life experiences and friends.The chapter does further research on how Gu's friends has a deep influence on Ruopu's creation.The second chapter is the research on poet of Gu Ruopu,especially on its works which is full of characteristics.Those works consist of three kinds: mourning poetry which is filled with ingenuity,relieved poet on advices to family members,history-Intoned poetry which is paying attention to female themes.The characteristics of Gu Ruopu's proses is discussed in the third chapter,it consists of three types:epistles,epitaphs,writings of Forewords to Birthday Greetings.The fourth chapter explores the relation between Gu Ruopu's works and the creations of some members of “Jiaoyuan Poetry Society”,mainly about mourning poetry,poet on advices to family members and history-Intoned poetry.The last chapter studies the value of Gu Ruopu's poet and proses.Firstly,she insists that women's creation activity is conducive to their morality,and fights for the reasonability of women's literary creation.Secondly,her poet possess self-consciousness.This article strives to evaluate her position in the literary history of women in Qing Dynasty equitably.