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Frontiers of Literary Studies in China

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Front. Lit. Stud. China    2022, Vol. 16 Issue (3) : 454-466    https://doi.org/10.3868/s010-011-022-0020-5
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“Fourth World,” “Third Nature,” and the Poetic Imagination of Eastern Ecological Wisdom: An Analysis of The Last Quarter of the Moon by Chi Zijian
ZHANG Lijun()
School of Chinese Language and Literature, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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Abstract

In her novel The Last Quarter of the Moon, Chi Zijian, while narrating the history of the extinction of the Evenki people, constructs a “spiritual time” that contends with linear time and the “Third Nature” filled with the universal love of humanity, creating a “Fourth World” where humanity and nature come together in a spirituality that goes beyond life and death. This represents a profound ecological consideration and offers enlightenment for the psychological crisis of contemporary times. With poetic language, Chi expresses her estimation of the course of human civilization and the contemporary crisis of spiritual ecology, thereby constructing the ecological wisdom of the Oriental peoples with poetic aesthetics and imagination.

Keywords Chi Zijian, The Last Quarter of the Moon, Eastern ecological wisdom, “Fourth World,” “Third Nature”     
Issue Date: 30 March 2023
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ZHANG Lijun. “Fourth World,” “Third Nature,” and the Poetic Imagination of Eastern Ecological Wisdom: An Analysis of The Last Quarter of the Moon by Chi Zijian[J]. Front. Lit. Stud. China, 2022, 16(3): 454-466.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/flsc/EN/Y2022/V16/I3/454
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