Contemplations on Man and Nature—A Comparative Study of the View of Nature Between William Wordsworth and Wang Wei
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200312.076How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- view of nature, unity of heaven and man, Zen Buddhism
- Abstract
Both William Wordsworth and Wang Wei are prominent idyllic poets who chanted nature and sought beauty and divinity from nature. While sharing similarities, they contrasted each other in many respects in their poetic works. Wang Wei’s poems were deeply influenced by Zen Buddhism, which gave nature a rich connotation in addition to the idea of “unity of heaven and man”. William Wordsworth, greatly affected by pantheism, resorted to poetry to explore philosophical issues in life like the relationship between nature, man and divinity of the Heaven. In the current era, the process of economic development and the continuous integration of different societies and civilizations are still full of contradictions. Thinking, deepening and adjusting the relationship between man and nature is to maintain harmony between man and nature, so as to arrive at the destination of promoting economic development and social progress. This article focuses on the similarities and differences between William Wordsworth and Wang Wei as well as their works, analyzes the causes, and then reveals the significance and insight, in order to provide constructive references to build a modern harmonious society.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Liyun Cheng AU - Xin Liu PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/18 TI - Contemplations on Man and Nature—A Comparative Study of the View of Nature Between William Wordsworth and Wang Wei BT - Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Social Science (ISSS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 423 EP - 428 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200312.076 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200312.076 ID - Cheng2020 ER -