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Research on the Aesthetic Features of Steles and Inscriptions as a Literary Type

Ching-min Ko

Abstract

Based on their different purports, steles and inscriptions can be

divided into four types: those that recount an individuals life and

promote virtue; those that relate affairs and document achievements;

those that assess locales and broaden the dao; and inscriptions that do not

necessarily become carved in stone, but simply express an intent or offer

praise. These four types of compositions differ in terms of emphasis and

aesthetic beauty, and thus a comprehensive study would of necessity be

complex and protracted. For this reason, this article will focus on the first,

and most common, type those that recount an individuals life and

promote virtue as the main object of investigation.

In the article, I first describe how steles and inscriptions possess

attributes that conform to the essential qualities of literature. I also

explain their default characteristics and functions. I then conduct an

analysis of the literary expression found in the steles and inscriptions of

the first type that focuses on three separate aspects, those of moral

conduct, personality and fate. With regards to the authors of these texts,

they employed various perspectives such as adulatory reverence, mutual

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sympathy, and pitiful compassion. If we examine changes in emphasis,

then we see a gradual shift away from a formally complete aesthetic

beauty and towards the dramatic expression of narrative and the incisive

exposition of argument.

Key words: Steles, Inscriptions, Cai Yong , Han Yu , Aesthetic

features

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