Aesthtic Pursuit of Xu Zhimo’s Prose

What Xu Zhimo sought in his prose was bestowing natu re wi th intelligence and romantic charm. Xu forged his art of writing prose by seekin g creation of three forms of beauty: graceful beauty which harmorizes, comforts and delights, magnifiscent beauty which stirs a feeling of ascending, tragic beauty which inspires, stimulates, tempers and elevates man with sorrow, sympathy, respect and extolment. Beauty of imagination Xu sought wholeheartedly in his pro se finds its way largely in enlivening writing material, drawing aesthetic experience, extending the horizon of meaning and idealizing things. In pursuit of bright and rich style, his prose embodies all in itself rich colours, renewed joint allusions, repeated elaboration and multiple perceptual impressions.