Author(s)

Zhaxi Kang

Corresponding Author

Zhaxi Kang

Abstract

From story “Playing Qin to Flirt Wen-jun” in Records of the Historian and History of the Han Dynasty, to the Two Qin Songs and Feng Qiu Huang in legendary music score, the romantic love story between Xiang-ru Si-ma and Wen-jun Zhuo was widely extolled by later scholars through various literary forms, such as poetry, lyrics, even dramas and novels. Xiang-ru Si-ma’s achievements in Cifu were also highly praised. Xie Liu, Shi-zhen Wang and other scholars praised him as the “Master of Cifu”. Xiang-ru Si-ma was one of the representatives of Cifu poetry in Han Dynasty. Literary men of later dynasties also extolled the “Master of Cifu” in various literary styles. Therefore, the study of his influence on later generations could be carried out from a variety of literary genres. Taking the perspective of the literary form of poetry, this paper analyzes Xiang-ru Si-ma, who is regarded as the “Master of Cifu” “Faithful to Love” in the related poems.

Keywords

Xiang-ru Si-ma, faithful to love, the master of Cifu Poetry