"In the twenty-third year of Kangxi (1684), Wang Shizhen gave lectures in Beijing and participated in the southern tour of Emperor Kangxi. After returning to China, he wrote Guang Yi and Zhou Shuang, Yu Yang's Poems, and other books. He opposed the theory that "business is rhythm" in the late Ming Dynasty, and advocated learning the works of Song and Yuan Dynasties and the ci of Lu You and Xin Qiji in order to pursue a novel realm.
Think that the article is naturally expensive and cannot be deliberately carved; He also opposes attaching importance to marriage and neglecting creation, and advocates that poetry should express true feelings and have the spirit of "expressing grievances". He also pointed out: "Wen Fu will start from scratch, if not, it will be useless." His idea was at odds with the so-called "verve theory" that was popular at that time.
Wang Shizhen (1634—171year) was born in Ruanting, Yuyang Mountain and Xincheng (now Huantai, Shandong Province). 22-year-old, Jinshi, official to the minister of punishments. During his tenure, he was loyal to his duties, honest and upright, with remarkable achievements and a good political voice. His poems are world-renowned, and people in the literary world admire him as a generation of poets. He has led the literary world for decades, and is as famous as Zhu Yizun in Zhejiang Province, and is sometimes called "the King of Southern Zhu and Northern Zhu".
He absorbed the theories of Twenty-four Poems in Tang Dynasty and Poems in Canglang by Yan Yu in Southern Song Dynasty, enriched and developed them, and founded the theory of verve. Most of his poems are ethereal and implicit, and there are also works with great momentum, rich style, concern for the current situation and sympathy for the people in his early days. His prose is also excellent, including preface and postscript, biography, inscription, letters, travel notes, essays, novels and so on. , are unique.
His main works include Yu Yang's Poems, An Introduction to Yu Yang Literature, A Random Talk on the Red North, Collection of Silkworm Tails, Notes on Xiangzu, Ju, Yu Yang's Poems, Collection of Feelings, etc. Qian, a famous scholar at that time, praised him and said, "The poems that have been circulated in the world are all literary, connotative and connotative. A timely work. Only measured in Ling Du; The life of this benevolence is lingering in Yishan. " "I have lived in the sea for 50 years, and people respect me like Taishan Beidou."