A comparison of the similarities and differences between Su Shi and Xin Qiji's Ci

2024-09-16 15:43

Su Shi and Xin Qiji were both famous poets in the history of Chinese literature. Their works occupied an important position in the history of Chinese literature. Although both of them were outstanding figures in the field of literature at that time, there were some differences in their writing style and content. Su Shi's literary achievements were even more prominent. He was regarded as one of the "Four Scholars of the Su School" and was known as the "Six Gentlemen of the Su School" along with the writers Huang Tingjian, Zhang Lei, and Lu You. His Ci was bold, unrestrained and full of emotion, and was known as the representative of the "bold and unconstrained school of Ci". The theme of Su Shi's Ci mostly involved love, friendship, philosophy of life and other aspects to express the author's love and pursuit of life. Xin Qiji's literary achievements were also outstanding. He was one of the Four Gentlemen of the Southern Song Dynasty, alongside Lu You, Yang Wanli, and You Dong. His Ci was known as the representative of the "graceful and restrained school of Ci" because of its graceful, reserved and affectionate characteristics. Xin Qiji's works mostly involved the theme of patriotic, military, history and other aspects to express the author's loyalty and love for the motherland. In terms of writing style, Su Shi's Ci was bold and unconstrained, giving people a feeling of unrestrained and open-minded, while Xin Qiji's Ci was graceful and restrained, giving people a feeling of implicitness and deep affection. In addition, the two also had different characteristics in the use of words. Su Shi's Ci often used metaphor, exaggeration, contrast and other rhetorical devices, while Xin Qiji's Ci often used symbols, metaphor, antithesis and other rhetorical devices. The works of Su Shi and Xin Qiji are different in theme, style and technique, but they are both outstanding poets in the history of Chinese literature. Their works occupy an important position in the history of Chinese literature.