ON HU HUAICHEN'S THEORY ON NEW POETRY BETWEEN NEW AND OLD VIEWS

During late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China scholar Hu Huaichen put forward rather distinctive?new poetry at the beginning of creating the new poetry. His new poetry absorbs the merits in new and old poetry and gets rid of their demerits, making his theory on new poetry embody peculiar views on new poetry. According to the texts,reasoning and historical facts,this article aims to analyze Hu Huaichen theory on new poetry to grasp the characteristics of the theory,which undoubtedly helps to understand the mutual relationships between new and old poetry.