The Style of CHEN Yuyi's Regulated Verses in the Seven-Character Line and the Differentiation of"Jianzhai Style"
CHEN Yuyi was listed among"one ancestor and three school"of Jiangxi Poetry School by FANG Hui,but some scholars question his identity as a poet of Jiangxi Poetry School.His identity as a poet of Jiangxi Poetry School was constructed by later poetics.CHEN Yuyi's regulated verses in the seven-character line benefited from many masters.They were not only of Du Fu's majestic sadness,SU Shi's allusion and poetic fluency,but also of HUANG Tingjian's exquisite poetic style and CHEN Shidao's plain and simple language,and occasionally of LIU Zongyuan's profound sentimentalism,however,his main style was fresh and elegant in the early stages and vigor-ous and sad in the later stages.His poems became specially new in the Southern Song Dynasty just out of his desire for a return to the Tang style,therefore,after Jiangxi Poetry School,it was considered as a"new style".This"new style"reflected the change from CHEN Shidao's"learning from DU Fu but not being him"to CHEN Yuyi's"learn-ing from SU Shi and HUANG Tingjian but not being them",which not only paid attention to poetic craftsmanship and learning,but also attached importance to natural scenery and lyricism,showing the trend of confluence of Tang and Song dynasties.LU You's regulated verses in the seven-character line inherited this characteristic,forming the unique features of literary style of Tang and Song dynasties.
CHEN Yuyiregulated verse in the seven-character lineJianzhai Style