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Ye Xie (Xingyi)

Foremost poetic theorist of the Qing Dynasty (1627–1703 CE), authored 'On the Origin of Poetry' (Yuan Shi), constructing an epistemological system of Chinese poetic aesthetics.

Also known as Ye Xingqi · Master Yiqi

Ye Xie (1627–1703 CE), style name Xingqi, was the supreme poetic theorist of the Qing era. His theoretical masterpiece 'On the Origin of Poetry' (Yuan Shi) formulated the definitive four-part aesthetic doctrine of Talent, Courage, Insight, and Power (Cai, Dan, Shi, Li), representing the apex of systematic classical Chinese poetic philosophy.

Life and times

  1. 1627BornMingQing
  2. 1703 CEDied

Works

  1. Literature · Criticism7
    1. On the Origins of PoetryQingYe Xie's early Qing treatise weighing principle, event and feeling against the poet's talent
    2. On the Origins of Poetry: Inner Chapters, Part 2Qing
    3. On the Origins of Poetry: Inner ChaptersQing
    4. On the Origins of Poetry: Inner Chapters, Part 1Qing
    5. On the Origins of Poetry: Outer ChaptersQing
    6. +2 more
      1. On the Origins of Poetry: Outer Chapters, Part 1Qing
      2. On the Origins of Poetry: Outer Chapters, Part 2Qing

Records

Ye Xie Writes Yuanshi and His Collected Works

From Kangxi 9 (1670)

Ye Xie, courtesy name Xingqi, of Jiaxing, became a jinshi in the ninth year of Kangxi (1670) and was appointed magistrate of Baoying. His blunt manner repeatedly displeased his superiors and he was dismissed after being implicated in a case. He wrote the inner and outer chapters of Yuanshi and the Yiqi collection of poetry and prose.

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