An Analysis of the Landscape Spirit of Chinese Literati
The The relationship between humans and natural landscapes is an eternal topic.When creating lit-erary works,scholars may project their own emotions onto mountains and rivers,imbuing them with personal emo-tions;or create more excellent works with the help of the scenery of the mountains and rivers by using mountains and rivers as emotional triggers.Tao Yuanming,a recluse scholar,was an early observer of natural changes from the perspective of cosmic space,and he tried to escape the pain of real life in a state of forgetfulness between things and self,which has some inspiration for Meng Haoran's and Wang Wei's landscape poems.The worldly scholars tried to draw spiritual strength from the growth of all things,and they were more capable of discovering the beauty of the natural landscapes around them,as is manifest in the travel essays represented by Liu Zongyuan's Notes on Eight Journeys to Yongzhou which reveal how scholars in difficult situations would resort to mountains and waters to re-lieve their sorrow and pain.In the Song Dynasty,Neo-Confucianism was prevalent,and scholars represented by Su Shi could not only enjoy secular pleasures but also transcend material world and enter the realm of absolute spiritual freedom.In a word,Su Shi has solved the spiritual problems beyond the solution of scholars for thousands of years,thereby providing a model for later scholars to follow.
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