Love Theme and Love Description in The Palace of Eternal Youth

The theme of The Palace of Eternal Youth lies in the Preface,Illustration,and the Summery of each Act.Actually love was the only theme of The Palace of Eternal Youth.While portraying the character of Yang Yuhuan,the author's writing tendency drew back to the Middle Tang Dynasty and Late Tang Dynasty,and the author selected manners of sympathizing pondering over and prettifying.Hong Sheng applied Tang Xianzu's world outlook of admiring pure love that directly made Yang Yuhuan's cultural grade sublimated.It had been advanced gradually on how to understand the character of Li Longji in literature.Hong Sheng showed ingenuity in describing love between Yang Yuhuan and Li Longji,including their deepen process,their true romantic qualities and their love in the heavens.