Brief introduction of Yuan Mei
Yuan Mei (1765438+March 25th, 2006-179865438+1October 3rd [1]), Han nationality, was born in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), and his ancestral home was Cixi, Zhejiang. [2] Zi Zi Cai, named Jian Zhai, was named Cangshan laity, Suiyuan master and Suiyuan old man in his later years. He was a representative poet, essayist, literary critic and gourmet in Ganjia period of Qing Dynasty.
Qianlong was a scholar for four years and awarded Jishi Shu the title of imperial academy. In the seventh year of Qianlong (1742), he was transferred to Jiangsu and served as a county magistrate in Lishui, Jiangning, Jiangpu and Shuyang for seven years. He has a good reputation as an official and diligent, but his official career is not smooth and he has no intention of being an official. In the 14th year of Qianlong (1749), she resigned and lived in seclusion in Nanjing Kokura Suiyuan, reciting poems and composing poems, especially for female disciples. In the second year of Jiaqing (1797), Yuan Mei died at the age of 82 and was buried in Baibupo, Nanjing, known as Suiyuan in history.
Yuan Mei advocated the theory of "spirit of nature", and he was called "three outstanding figures of Ganjia" (or "three outstanding figures of Jiangyou") with Zhao Yi and Jiang Shiquan, and "three outstanding figures of Ganjia spirit" with Zhao Yi and Zhang Wentao, which was one of the "eight outstanding figures of parallel prose in Qing Dynasty". The style of writing comes down in one continuous line with Ji Yun, a college student in Zhili, and is called "Southern Yuan and Northern Ji".
Yuan Mei's masterpiece.
The main works handed down from generation to generation include Kokura Mountain Residence, Poems with the Garden, Addendum, Food List with the Garden, Midday Rain, Rain and Rain with Children, etc.
Main works:
Collections: Kokura Mountain Residence, Poems with Gardens 16, Addendum 10, Food List with Gardens, essays, letters, etc. More than 30 kinds;
Notes novels: Meridian Rain (also known as New Qi Xie) 24 volumes, Xu Ziyu 10 volume;
Prose: Dedicated to Sister, Flying Pavilion in Xiajiang Temple, On Borrowing Books by Huang Sheng, The Story of My Good Pavilion, etc.
Parallel Prose: A Letter with Jiang, Rebuilding the Temple Monument, etc.
Handwriting: handwriting to the shadows; Calligraphy is smart and elegant, natural and leisurely, which accords with Yuan Mei's thought of "natural spirit". Although the statutes are a little short, there are many talented people, which is also a good structure.
Yuan Mei's World Evaluation
The old fox was drunk and showed his tail. (Comments in Hong's Poems on Beijiang River)
Yuan takes * * *' s cunning child as the Sect, specializes in treating the diseases of Xiangshan and Chengzhai, mistakenly takes vulgarity and slipperiness as the nature, sharp and clever as the wit, banter as the humor, rough and evil as the introduction, frivolous and humble as the innocence, lewdness and debauchery as the eroticism, and advocates heresy and evil words to prevent the collapse of poetry teaching. (Comment by Zhu Tingzhen)
Mr. Yan, a famous expert in the study of Qing poetry, put forward the term "Yuan Mei phenomenon" in the history of Qing poetry, and thought that Yuan Mei was a professional poet in the true sense, and he could not find the second among all the famous poets in the whole Qing Dynasty.
About Yuan Mei's personality, Mr. Yan's History of Qing Poetry has a very precise summary. In a word, it is "impatient". He can't bear to learn books, and his handwriting is very bad; If you are not tolerant of writing words, you must fill in according to the score; He was intolerant of learning Manchu for seven years (1742). Yuan Mei introduced himself in Jishi Shu in order to let the magistrate know that he had failed in learning Manchu. Not tolerant of being an official, he was only thirty-three years old when he begged for support, and was later elected as a magistrate of a county, less than a year later.