Second, appreciate Master Hongyi's writing from the brushwork. He is very knowledgeable, which is related to the deep accumulation of various books he studied when he was young.
Third, appreciate Master Hongyi's writing from the structure. Master Hongyi's writing is lively, mellow and full of vitality.
Poetry literature
Li Shutong's poems also occupy a place in the history of modern literature in China. When he was young, he attracted the attention of the literary world with his talent. When he lived in Shanghai, he wrote down his previous poems by hand, which was circulated among friends of Chengnan Literature Society as the first poem "Poem Bell Collection", and later collected the poem Bell Collection.
On the eve of becoming a monk, he compiled more than 20 poems from 26 to 33 years of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1900- 1907). Among them, there are many commendable masterpieces, such as "Leaving the Motherland for Students" and "Mourning for the Dead", which show the author's deep concern for the fate of the country and the sufferings of people's livelihood. In the five or six years before becoming a monk, he also published more than 30 lyrics. These works express people's thoughts and feelings in the same situation in the metropolis through artistic means. They are all the rage, and some of them have become enduring masterpieces.
Master Hongyi is also very interested in couplets and has a high level of appreciation and creation. Especially after becoming a monk, the master wrote many couplets for temples all over the country, which showed his fantastic ideas and profound artistic skills. In the process of propagating Buddhism and guiding lifelong Buddhism, he took the form of couplets as a clever means to persuade people to be good. The famous couplets written by him with profound contents and rich philosophies have now become valuable cultural and artistic wealth to warn future generations.