Synchronizing across Different Eras:On the Saoti Characteristics in Shen Yazhi's Legend
Represented by the works such as Yi Meng Lu,Qin Meng Ji and Xiang Zhong Yuan Jie,the novel works of Shen Yazhi of the Tang Dynasty show a typical style that shares a similar tone with Qu Yuan's Chu Ci poetry but belongs to a different era,known as the"Sao style"literary style.Shen Yazhi absorbed the unique Xi-character stylistic paradigm,as well as the romantic and natural expression of emotions and melan-cholic beauty of feeling of"Sao style".These features distinguished Shen's works from those of his contempora-ries..The legendary Sao style literary characteristics are reflected in the aesthetic connotation that finds beauty in sadness,their romantic and unrestricted artistic forms,as well as a mixed and melancholy art style.The leg-endary stories created by Shen Yazhi,which exibit distinctive characteristics of Sao style literature,can also be referred as"Chu Diao novels".The unique literary characteristics in Shen Yazhi's legends set his works a-part among numerous other legends,making him a remarkable figure of his time.