On Innovative Aesthetic Principles for Teaching Ancient Chinese Poetry

This essay deals with some innovative aesthetic principles for teaching and interpreting ancient Chinese poetry.The author argues that these principles are based on four elements: taking a historical materialistic perspective in understanding and analyzing individual conditions of the poet and his time;trying to develop new ways to comprehend and appreciate ancient Chinese poetry on the basis of the poet's personal experiences;comprehending and appreciating the poetry in terms of the poetry and literary composition and literary characteristic;learning and thinking about the poetry through experience from a different and flexible angle.