Title: The practicality in the view of the "compliments" of poems presented to a friend or composed in reply——taking the Six Dynasties and Tang Dynasty poems as an example
Abstract: In ancient China,many poems,which were presented to friends as a gift,or composed by friends in reply,expressed the strongcompliments.The compliments of poems consisted of the relation between the author and the receiver of poem,the contents of the poems.Poems of this kind affected the receiver by the author's certain will,for example,letting the receiver know what to do,what not to do.So we say that poems of this kind were not created for literature,but for personal relation,having strong characteristics of ideal.Practicality is the sessential character of compliments.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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