Contradiction and Balance between Entering Government Services and Seclusion in Xie Tiao’s Poetry
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DOI: 10.25236/ILECL.2019.004
Corresponding Author
Yin Shiyuan
Abstract
The contradiction between government service and seclusion ran through Xie Tiao’s whole life. Also, Xie Tiao’s poems reflect that such contradiction in thinking changed from emergence to outbreak and eventually to the dynamic balance of coexistence during his stay in Xuanzhou. Xie Tiao’s seclusion mode differs from the traditional concept of opposition between government service and seclusion and the prevailing thinking of breaking off the boundaries between government service and seclusion during the Southern Dynasties. Xie Tiao’s exploration in this balanced state provides future scholars with a new channel for solving the contradiction. It is of profound significance for future officials to develop seclusion concepts and create landscape poetry.
Keywords
Xie Tiao; the contradiction between government service and seclusion; seclusion