Zhou Dunyi's gentleman personality took shape not only from his morality and behavior, but also being closely related his experiences of traveling, writing and art appreciation. The latter might have had equal if not greater influences. Article of Lotus love is a symbol of realizing his personality of elegancy. It is one of the best literature. Zhou's poems are known as sincere, elegant, vigorous and straightforward in the structure of Song Dynasty’s poetry. Zhou's personality and his heart of literature and poetry directly influenced Cheng Hao. Not only he acted like a mentor but he also sculptured Cheng as a poet with great success. Cheng Hao was a poet among Taoists that understood deeply about the spirit of natural scenes. Although his poetry usually contained mocking or bantering which lowered the beauty of it. The influences of Chengyi's personality restricted his love for literatures and arts. He indulged in Tao, with little polish of literature, his observation of literature and art was very shallow and unbalanced. He also rejected rhetoric literature or the expression of art. He didn't understand much art and lacked the experience of aesthetic judgment. He didn't have the experience in writing, nor could he have any understanding about himself, not mention to overtake himself. Therefore he could not go into the status of art appreciation but only remains in joking around.% 周敦颐的“君子人格”形成，既有其道德修养、立身行事的影响，也与徜徉山水，从事文学创作，通艺术，善审美的陶冶性情有关，而后者的影响不亚于前者。《爱莲说》是其人格外化的标志，风格清雅，是一流的文学艺术作品。他的诗歌以“真”、“清”、“劲”、“直”为特色，参与了宋诗风格的构建。周敦颐的性情和文心、诗心直接影响了程颢，不仅传其道，而且将程颢塑造成了诗人，使其取得了较大的成就。程颢是道学家中深得山水灵趣的诗人，不过他的诗也常有戏谑调侃甚至文字游戏的成分，减弱了诗美。程颐性情受其先天禀赋的影响，限制了他对文学艺术的喜爱。他潜心于道学，没有受到文学艺术的熏陶，也影响了性情，形成了肤浅、片面的文学艺术观，对文学修辞、艺术表达等持排斥态度；他不通艺术，缺乏充分的审美体验；他没有文学创作的经历，不能认识自我，超越自我，因此也不能进入鉴赏艺术作品的心理和精神状态，闹出不少令人啼笑皆非的笑话。
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