ABSTRACT
Although the majority of Jia Pingwa’s works are short stories, novellas and novels, poetry and essays are the other two significant components of his literary achievement. He produces both modern free verse and classical-style poetry, and crosses easily between genres. His essays remain the most popular among readers and publishers. His poems and essays have close intertextual connections with his fiction and with each other; they best demonstrate the extensive range of Jia Pingwa’s literary talents and show the more refined aspects of his aesthetics. They better suit his inclination to the literati traditions and some of his classical-style poetry and essays are very good examples of Chinese literary traditional genres.
