Tension of the Narrative:Three Horizons of WANG Guo-wei's Theory of "Humour"

WANG Guo-wei misreads the theory of from western aesthetics in his article The Spirit of Qu Yuan's Literature.In the sense of the horizon verschmelzung of hermeneutics,WANG Guo-wei's theory of takes shape of three horizons overlapped which cross through ancient to modern,from west to east.The first is the spirit of Qu Yuan's literature which comes from his conflicting tragic personality.The second is Schopenhauer's concept of humour in his pessimist philosophy.Because the two are similar to WANG Guo-wei's cultural personality,which is the third horizon,humour hence communicates the Chinese traditional literature spirit and western modern esthetic thoughts.The double dialogic structure of makes it possible that in a larger hermeneutic circle,the modern understanding of the native literature and western theories comes into shape.