A Study Of Guo SongTao’s Literary Thoughts

Guo Songtao(1819-1891)is an accomplished poet in the history of modern Chinese literature and an influential literary critic in the history of modern Chinese literary theory.He has his own "lonely" literary theory,and his literary thought is the most prominent Its characteristic is to "seeking change" in the "unchanged",pursuing the integration and innovation of literature.His literary ideas continue to innovate on the basis of inheriting the traditional Chinese literary theory,"seeking change" in the "unchanged",presenting a mixed appearance of the old and the new.It not only emphasizes the true feelings of literature,but also pays attention to the application of the world;not only pays attention to talents,learning experience,but also emphasizes breakthrough and innovation.In terms of literary ontology,he advocated the simultaneous development of "disposition" and "political affairs",and believed that literature should be done to achieve "emotion" in order to "communicate" politics.In literary creation,he put forward the theory of "sincerity","talent","knowledge" and "things","body" and "dao".The former refers to the creative subject,"sincerity" refers to the writer’s inherent moral cultivation,"talent" refers to the writer’s academic ability,"knowledge" refers to the writer’s life experience;the latter refers to the creative object,and "thing" refers to everything that exists objectively objects and phenomena,"body" refers to the form of literary creation,and "dao" refers to the principles reflected in the literary works.At the same time,he also put forward the idea of "having invention" on the basis of "letting go of talents" and "doing things according to one’s own will",and explored a road from "refinement" to "communication" and then to "change".The construction of Guo Songtao’s literary thought is closely related to the times,and it is mainly influenced by the thought of "practical management for practical use".It also draws on the strengths of the Tongcheng School and the Song Poetry School,and is also closely related to the influence of his family background and mad personality.Guo Songtao’s literary creation reflects his literary thought,and at the same time actively responds to his literary thought.Guo Songtao’s poems mostly use realistic themes to reflect the era background of internal and external troubles.The situation and affairs are combined,the things are compared,and the travel prose is quite distinctive,showing the characteristics of the unity of poetry and politics,the unity of poetry and Tao,and the mutual understanding of poetry;In the creation of essays,overseas travel notes are quite innovative.They are good at narrating "things",telling the story directly,and seeing the big from the small.The work’s strong sense of anxiety emerges on the paper,presenting the characteristics of "love" and "politics".The fusion and innovation of Guo Songtao’s literary thoughts have a profound impact on his poetry and essays,making it show the characteristics of emphasizing sentiment and education,thus showing a strong sense of practicality and sincere emotional sustenance.Guo Songtao’s literary thought and creative practice have had the historical influence of revitalizing the Xiangxiang School,opening the Reform School,and boosting the New Culture Movement in the history of modern Chinese literature.At the same time,its value has been projected to the present,and it has also provided resources for constructing a discourse system of contemporary literary theory with Chinese characteristics.