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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 185-195.

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Fang Hui's Reverence for Tao Yuanming and the Self-Salvation of Jiangxi Poetry School in Late Southern Song Dynasty

Liu Fei, Zhao Houjun   

  1. the College of Liberal Arts, Anhui University (Hefei 230039, China); the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, East China Normal University (Shanghai 200241, China)
  • Online:2014-01-25 Published:2014-03-11
  • About author:Liu Fei, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the College of Liberal Arts, Anhui University (Hefei 230039, China), with main research interest in the history of Chinese literary criticism. Zhao Houjun, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, East China Normal University (Shanghai 200241, China), with main research interest in Chinese ancient literature and literature criticism.

Abstract: In the late Southern Song Dynasty, Tao Yuanming remained a poet widely admired by many poetic critics. Fang Hui, who was active in the late Song Dynasty and the early Yuan Dynasty, gave much attention to Tao Yuanming in his critical works, which can be taken as a typical case for study on the research of Tao. His views on poetics showed many characteristics of Jiangxi poetry school, and his study on Tao Yuanming had a profound influence.

Key words: Fang Hui, Tao Yuanming studies, Jiangxi poetry school, self-salvation