Construction and Establishment of Notion of History in Ci in Early Qing Dynasty

Based on the writing experience of surviving poets of the Ming Dynasty,Chen Weisong put forth his theory of history in ci,an embodiment of the cultural value in the traditional studies of Chinese history.This theory was a tentative endeavor,as were poetic theories of the time though the former took the latter as its source of inspiration.Being a novelty of the time,Chen's theory not only integrated itself in the dominant ci style of the early Qing Dynasty,but was a reflection upon the developmental history of ci poetry.The prose writing popular at the time provided a proof of the theory.