The Imagines “Flower”&“Wine” in Li Qingzhao’s Article and Their Relationship
Abstract: Li Qingzhao is the greatest female writer in Chinese verse history. In her verse, “flower” and “wine” are the most prominent images. She paid attention on the description of the characters of flowers, then grasped their verve and took them as the carrier of her feeling, which offered the flower with the function of transmitting mood. In fact, she deposited her seeking and aesthetic ideal in the verse about flowers, which showed the writer’s graceful personality and deep feeling. On the other hand, the verse about wine showed her joy and sadness in the life and expressed the depression which she had suffered from. through wine during her different ages. After all, flowers expressed Li Qingzhao’s sobriety, which made her realize the limitation in life. And wine showed her drunkenness. She wanted to forget, and then got rid of these limitations. Finally, between “sobriety” and “drunkenness”, her endless depression was disclosed absolutely.
Key words: Li Qingzhao ;verse; imagine; flowers; wine