There are three basic viewpoints of Si Kongtu's theory of charm:
1. Emphasis is placed on the creation of poetic artistic conception from the perspective of charm. He believes that a good poem must have the meaning beyond rhyme, the meaning beyond taste and the taste beyond salty and sour.
2. Emphasize the meaning beyond the taste, and poetry should express endless charm with limited sentences and images.
3. Emphasize "direct income", and write naturally when writing.
His thought:
The theory of charm is Tang Sikong's opinion on poetry. He focused on the creation and appreciation of poetry from the perspective of charm. Si Kongtu inherited the previous theoretical achievements and combined these two concepts to create the theory of "charm", which became a very influential aesthetic theory of poetry.
its essence lies in the pursuit of the beauty of poetry's obscurity, implication and implication, and it advocates that the creation of aesthetic images of poetry should be "beyond rhyme", "beyond taste" (ditto) and "beyond image" (Book of Ji Pu). It is emphasized that the artistic conception of poetry should leave readers room for association and aftertaste, and encourage readers to re-create aesthetics in order to increase the vitality and vitality of artistic works.
Different from the traditional theory of poetry from the perspective of social function, the theory of "lasting appeal" discusses poetry from the aesthetic characteristics of poetry itself, discusses the aesthetic function of art, and touches on the image thinking of literary and artistic creation, which has a far-reaching impact on the development of the theory of "artistic conception" and "realm" in the future. Song Yanyu's theory of "Miao Wu" in Cang Lang Shi Hua, Wang Shizhen's theory of "verve" in Qing Dynasty and Ye Xie's theory of "realm" were all deeply influenced by it.