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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 200-208.

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The Implication of History-in-Poetry and the Reception of Li Shangyin in the Late Qing-Dynasty Poetry Circle

Ma Weizhong, Li Chen
  

  1. the Faculty of the Literary Studies, Soochow University (Suzhou 215006, China)
  • Online:2015-05-25 Published:2015-07-10
  • About author:Ma Weizhong is a professor in the Faculty of the Literary Studies, Soochow University (Suzhou 215006, China) with research focus on the literature of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Li Chen is a Ph.D. student in the Faculty of the Literary Studies, Soochow University (Suzhou 215006, China) with research focus on the literature of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Abstract: The debate over emulating the Tang or the Song Dynasty poetry was an important link in the evolution of the Qing-Dynasty poetry, in which the reception of Li Shangyin both pointed a direction for the retro poetics and became in most areas a continuation of territory poetics. The three acceptance models culminated the multi-perspective study of Li Shangyin's poetry. Taking into consideration of the complex social context, the paper claims that the concept of history-in-poetry could become the starting point to investigate the theoretical value of the reception of Li Shangyin in the late Qing-Dynasty poetry circle.

Key words: the late Qing-Dynasty poetry, history-in-poetry, Li Shangyin, history of acceptance