Yuan Mei (1765438+March 25, 2006 ~179865438+1October 3), Zi Zicai, No. In his later years, he was named Cangshan lay man, Suiyuan master and Suiyuan old man. Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) was born in Cixi, Zhejiang. Poet, essayist, literary critic and gourmet in Qing Dynasty.
Yuan Mei advocated the theory of "the spirit of nature", arguing that the aesthetic creation of poetry should show the spirit of nature, the poet's personality and his true feelings in his personal life. He, Zhao Yi and Jiang Shiquan are called "Three Masters of Ganjia" (or "Three Masters of Jiangyou"), and Zhao Yi and Zhang Wentao are also called "Three Masters of Lingpai", which is one of the "Eight Masters of Parallel Prose in Qing Dynasty".
Main influence
In the poetry circle of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Mei was unique in his poetic theory of "the theory of soul", and made a powerful counterattack and sweep against all kinds of revivalism and formalism popular in the poetry circle at that time, which changed the style of poetry in the Qing Dynasty, with far-reaching influence and remarkable contribution.
Yuan Mei's poetic theory of "Spirit of Nature" is based on emotion, which advocates "writing temperament in poetry", that is, starting from the content of poetry creation, it requires the subject of poetry creation to express his true feelings and fill the content of poetry with them. This is the core part of his poetry theory.