tailieunhanh - "Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature" by Li-hua Ying - Part 8

Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature 8 presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature in modern China. This book offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Chinese literature. | 42 FEI MING PEN NAME OF FENG WENBING as modern Chinese literature became increasingly realistic and utilitarian Fei Ming s subjective personal narratives became somewhat irrelevant and his name remained unmentioned for several decades until the 1990s when his works reemerged from layers of dust. Buddhism classical Chinese poetry and modern Western literature informed much of Fei Ming s work. Fei Ming was born in Huangmei Hubei Province an important place in the development of Chinese Buddhism because it was there that the Fourth Fifth and Sixth Patriarchs had practiced. Furthermore the Fifth Patriarch was a Huangmei native. As a child Fei Ming often accompanied his grandmother to the local temples. When he entered Beijing University in 1922 he was a frequent interlocutor with Hu Shi who was writing a book on Zen Buddhism and his teacher Zhou Zuoren was also a Buddhist. With a profound knowledge of Buddhist sutras Fei Ming earned the respect of learned monks with whom he debated and shared ideas. He especially gravitated toward the ancient Chinese literary tradition that embraced the belief in simplicity and spontaneity advocated by Zen Buddhism as found in works by such preeminent poets as Wang Wei and Su Shi. While a student in the Foreign Languages Department of Beijing University Fei Ming was exposed to symbolism and stream of consciousness which coincided with some of the concepts embodied in Zen Buddhism and Tang poetry. What Fei Ming strove to achieve in his work was an artistic vision a spiritual revelation or a sensual image. His narrative is terse and compact a feature that relates more to lyrical prose than to fiction putting the emphasis on subjective feelings aroused through acute senses rather than mimetic descriptions of characters and intricate arrangements of plots. Noted for his economy of words Fei Ming is celebrated for his ability to convey through a simple unadorned language a profound outlook on life and society. Fei Ming s earlier works such