Traditional Chinese poetry standard challenged: QIAN Zhong-shu's controversial findings spark debate.
The article questions whether traditional Chinese literary criticism's poetry standard really focuses on "Shi" style, as suggested by QIAN Zhong-shu. It argues that QIAN's assumption that everyone admires DU Fu's poetry, which emphasizes "Shi", is oversimplified. There were actual disagreements and complexities in the poetry standard. QIAN also claimed that the poetry standard conflicts with the painting standard, but this may not be accurate. His views on YAN Yu and WANG Shi-zhen contradict historical facts and show bias. These issues raise doubts about QIAN's conclusions.
