Title: Historical Misunderstandings of the Theory of Poem Interpretation
Abstract: Ever since Han and Song Dynasties, people have got a common view of Mencius's theory in poem interpretation, that is: distortion of the writers' original meaning out of the readers' will. This paper tries to offer a completely new explanation to this theory, combined with his another important theory, understanding of the writers and their times, so as to know the real connotation of his theory. Based on it, its strong points and weak points are discussed.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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