The Qi Outlook of Life and Archetype in the Poetry Criticism of Ye Xie

Ye Xie,who is the Qing dynasty literary theorists,discussed poetry from the angle of Qi and made the Qi return to its original meaning of Qi.The Qi which ran through three elements of poetry —Li,Shi,Qing,is vital energy.This kind of Qi originated from Qi of life that was carried from Shi,Li,Qing of objective external world reflected by poetry,therefore,it is full of vigorous vitality.From the angle of Qi outlook of life,YeXie examined on poetical creation of advocating the nature again,exposed the changeable feature of poetical creation in advocating the nature under the influence of Qi outlook of Life and the mythological prototype in Qi theory of Ye Xie's poetry.