On the Position of Su Shi's Works in the History of Ci-poetry and the Way to Break the Dichotomy of"Graceful and Restrained"and"Bold and nconstrained"
There are three statements about the positioning of Su Shi's Ci-poetries in the history of this literary genre:bold and unconstrained style,writing in poetry style and the Dongpo Paradigm.Bold and unconstrained style is a conclusion of style theory which cannot fully covers all the artistic characteristics of Su Shi's works;writing in poetry style is one kind of writing methods which is not unique to Su Shi;Only the Dongpo Paradigm,as a modern development of the traditional stylistic theory,is most suitable to be the summary statement of the historical positioning of Su Shi's Ci-poetries.At the same time,since the bold and unconstrained style is no longer enough to be a summary statement of the historical positioning of Su Shi's Ci-poetries,then the dichotomy of"graceful and restrained"and"bold and unconstrained"should naturally be abandoned.But breaking this di-chotomy does not mean denying the dichotomic thinking which is extremely concise.Finding a more rational and realistic new di-chotomy to replace the old one may be the right way to break up the old and establish the new.
Ci-poems in the Song DynastySu Shibold and unconstrained stylewriting in poetry styleDongpo Paradigm