Title: Discussion of the Democracy Consciousness of Yuan Mei's Poems
Abstract: Democracy consciousness developed with the growth of capitalism in Qian and Jia period when Yuan Mei lived.In Yuan Mei's theory and works he represented such kind of valuable consciousness, which is showed mainly in following five aspects: rebelling against Confucianism and tradition involved; opposing privilege of high class, advocating equality, respecting female; criticizing feudal ethical code, representing love between man and woman; emphasizing ego, pursuing freedom of spirit and liberation of individuality; money concept of “regarding interests in wealth highly”and that“it would be better to make all the classes rich . All these points manifested particular value of thoughts in Yuan Mei's poems.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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