Chen Tingzhuo's Theory of Breaking Down and Recognizing the Boundaries Between Literary Genres and the Theory of Chenyu
On the one hand,Chen Tingzhuo inherited and expounded the theoretical gist of Changzhou Ci school's theory of breaking down the boundaries between literary genres and respecting Ci.On the basis of the theory of"homology of poetry",he asked Ci to be closer to poetry in terms of subject matter,lan-guage,style and so on,and constructed a more harmonious theory of breaking down the boundaries be-tween literary genres and respecting Ci.On the other hand,Chen Tingzhuo attached importance to the discrimination of the inherent characteristics of Ci,pointed out the differences between Ci and poetry in ex-ternal characteristics,institutional characteristics,artistic pursuit and other aspects,and affirmed the in-dependent aesthetic value of Ci along the way.Chen Tingzhuo requires the creation of Ci to be deep and gentle,implicit and not revealed,and takes"the way of Chenyu and cadence"as the aesthetic pursuit,and"Chenyu"as the criticism standard of Ci is rooted in his discrimination of the body characteristics of ci.In addition,"Bixing"and"Chenyu"are inseparable from each other,and the investigation and definition of the specific meaning of"Bixing"and"Chenyu"indicates that Chen Tingzhuo's Ci theory has touched on the aesthetic essence of poetics.