Image has been an important topic in the research of poetics for long. In the 1940s, Tang Shi, one of the poets and poetic researchers in the Nine Leaves Poetic School, described his theory of poetic image through his inspection of the history and current situation of Chinese poetry. In his mind, image more than poetry itself than just a technique. It is the coagulation of the poet＇s soul and volition, the bridge of the sub-consciousness and consciousness. This e...
