Reasons and Influence of Qian Qianyi's Highly Appraisements to Wang Zhideng
Qian Qianyi(1582-1664),the leader of the literary circle in the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty,criticized the poetry of Ming Dynasty.His views had a great influence on the literary circle in his time,and his the Biography of Poetry Collection in the History is the most concentrated manifestation of his viewpoint.In the biography,Qian Qianyi praised Wang Zhideng(1535-1612),a famous scholar in Wuzhong area.Qian's critique of Wang was all positive,and there was also a tendency in the selection of poems.Qian Qianyi's attitude towards Wang Zhideng directly affected the evaluation of Wang Zhideng in the literary circles of the early Qing Dynasty.To explore the reasons of Qian's critique of Wang and analyze the fairness of his critique is an important node in the ob-jective evaluation of Wang Zhideng in the history of literature and culture.