On Gu Sui’s Poetic Novel Aesthetics

Gu Sui’s aesthetic theory of poetic novels is an extension of his poetic thoughts. In his poetic thoughts, he emphasized the beauty of art, paying attention to brewing, conceiving, tempering, chapter, sentence and words. In the novel, he also required the artistic beauty of the work.Gu Sui’s artistic aesthetics of poetic novels was put forward on the basis of long-term creation and reflection on ancient and modern Chinese and foreign novels. Its connotation mainly includes the following points. Firstly, the author had a poetic heart, a strong love for life, a keen experience and rich feelings, with a poetic artistic vision to create novels and show life. Secondly, the novel described the details of the characters and the integrity of the performance of the character. Thirdly, the novel should paid attention to the level of description and presentation, to have a rigorous structure. Fourthly, the language of the temper, there must be poetry of the condensed language, with a serious, profound and slender article.