A Critical Study of XIN Qiji's Ci in the Book of Poetic Remarks on the Human World
WANG Guowei's emphasis on XIN Qiji in his Poetic Remarks on the Human World is the result of his de-sire to reverse the writing trend of Ci since the middle of the Qing Dynasty with his own efforts.While highly prai-sing XIN Qiji's works in various aspects,WANG Guowei is quite hesitant about encouraging young writers to imitate XIN's poetry,which actually demonstrates the difficulty of obtaining exemplary recognition for XIN Qiji's works in WANG Guowei's theoretical study.The theory and standards summarized by WANG Guowei based on the Ci of the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty were not well applied in XIN Qiji's works,so he had to be vague a-bout the historical status of XIN Qiji,which caused Xin Qiji,although highly valued by WANG Guowei,to be mar-ginalized in his academic study system of Ci.
Poetic Remarks on the Human WorldWANG GuoweiXIN Qiji