Tao Xingzhi is an outstanding"political lyric poet",whose anti-Japanese war poems are brimmed with enthusiastic and deep feelings for China,boundless respect for the people with lofty ide-als who sacrificed in order to save the country and strive for survival,deep-rooted hatred for the ag-gressors,firm determination to fight against the enemy,and earnest hope for the younger generation.Patriotism is encouraged and publicized,and the loyalty and noble spirit of the Chinese nation as well as the common hatred for the enemy are stirred up under the influence of his anti-Japanese war poems which have played an inestimable role in encouraging and inspiring the will of the army and the people of the whole country to resist the enemy,establishing the belief of victory in the War of Resistance A-gainst Japan.Tao Xingzhi's anti-Japanese war poems are characterized with a wide range of themes,emotional excitement and grand artistic conception,which make people deeply moved and successfully suit both refined and popular tastes.His consummate skills as well as techniques fully display the ar-tistic beauty and are rich in aesthetic values.
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