The Theoretial Turnaround in Ci Study of the Qing Dynasty fromDistinguishing Style to Esteeming Character of Ci

The theoreticians in Ci study in the early Qing Dynasty made efforts to renew the elegant tradition of Ci, therefore they specially stressed the difference between Ci and Qu. In the basis of it, the theoreticians of the Qing Dynasty more and more stressed the significance of Ci. From Zhu Yizun to Zhang Huiyan then to Zhou Ji, thereafter to the commenters of the late Qing period, their viewpoints undergone the theoretical turnaround in criticism from distinguishing style of Ci to esteeming character of Ci. The theoretical turnaround not only caused the maturation of Ci study of the Qing Dynasty but also became an important and unneglectable reason resulting in the bloom of Ci-writing of the Qing Dynasty.