On LI Ci-ming's Ideas about Ci and His Creation

Li Ci-ming is a famous scholar and a Ci master known for his vigorous style in Tong Zhi period of late Qing Dynasty.His literary criticism concerns some central topics of his time,such as firstly,the debate of the Ci theories between the Northern Song and the Southern Song.Yue Man had the esteem for the works written by people in the Tang,Wu Dai and the Northern Song Dynasties,but criticized the works of the Southern Song Dynasty,especially Jiang Kui's works,which exerted direct influence on Hu Shi and his The Anthology of Ci;secondly,the discussion about the relation between the character and cultivation of different Ci writers.In Ci criticism of Qing Dynasty,different schools had different preferences,the west Zhejiang shool paid attention to the graceful style,the Changzhou school emphasized the usage of rhetoric devices but ignored the expression of the writers' personality,but Na-Lan Xing-de and his school neglected learning and cultivation.Therefore,the combination of learning and personality advanced by Li Ci-ming is of great significance.He applied his literary ideas in his works about the suffering of wandering,the memory of hometown,and the comment of the current issues.Thus,the research on Li Ci-ming's literary views and his works is of great importance to get a proud observation of Ci creation in late Qing Dynasty.