Qian Zhongshu said that poetry is like water, salt is like honey, flowers are invisible, and taste refers to aesthetic experience.

Qian Zhongshu said that poetry is like salt in water, flowers in honey, invisible and tasteless. It refers to a special phenomenon in aesthetic experience, that is, the combination of reason and sensibility, logic and image in poetry.

In poetry, reason and sensibility are intertwined. Rationality refers to the thoughts, concepts and logic in poetry, while sensibility refers to the emotions and feelings aroused by poetry. In excellent poetry, reason and sensibility are mutually integrated, not mutually exclusive. This kind of fusion makes poetry have richer and deeper connotations, and at the same time makes poetry more vivid and interesting.

In the aesthetic experience, this combination of rationality and sensibility is a special experience. When we appreciate a poem, we should not only rationally understand its meaning and theme, but also feel its beauty and emotion through perceptual experience. This combination enables us to better understand and appreciate poetry, and at the same time makes our aesthetic experience richer and deeper.

Qian Zhongshu's masterpiece:

Fortress Besieged: This work is one of Qian Zhongshu's representative works and a classic of modern literature in China. Fortress Besieged describes the difficulties and contradictions faced by an intellectual in love, marriage, family and career with humorous and ironic brushstrokes. Through the experience of the protagonist Fang Hung-chien, the work reveals the worldly wisdom and moral concepts of the society at that time, and also reflects the contradictions and struggles in human hearts.

2. Writing on the edge of life: This is Qian Zhongshu's prose collection and one of his representative works. This work contains his thoughts and feelings about life, love, marriage and culture. Qian Zhongshu's prose style is unique. He revealed all kinds of problems in life with humorous brushstrokes, and also expressed his profound understanding and experience of life.

3. Man, beast and ghost: This is a collection of short stories by Qian Zhongshu, and it is also one of his representative works. This work includes three of his early short stories: God's Dream, Cat and Inspiration. With their unique literary style and profound thoughts, these novels reveal the inherent complexity of human beings and the weakness of animals, and at the same time express the authors' unique views on life.