Chinese-Western Comparative Poetics

This work stands as one of the four major poetic treatises of the 1940s and represents the most scientifically rigorous and logically structured theoretical study in the century-long history of modern Chinese poetry. The author systematically examines the origins and essence of poetry, explores its aesthetic dimensions, and analyzes the interplay between poetic and musical qualities. Additionally, the study investigates the historical evolution of defining features in Chinese poetry—including rhythm, tonal patterns, and metrical structures.