Abstract:

One outstanding feature of Professor SHI Zhe-cun's innate character is his "free disposition". This is an attitude of life with aesthetic significance. It is a kind of tendency of his character, which he accumulates on the basis of his life experience and blends emotion with intellect as an organic whole. Prof. SHI's "free disposition" is also a product of psychological structure of comprehensive factors including traditional cultural breeding, modern ideology, literature interest and individual temperament. It is distinctively reflected in his attitude toward life and pursuit of literature and art. This disposition is a manifestation of his enthusiastic, flexible and sanguine attitude toward life. Prof. SHI merges "roaming around the world internally" with "roaming around the world externally", thus showing his sphere of life.

Key words: free disposition, tradition of men of letters, ideal of life, social responsibility