In the late Ming Dynasty, the Gong-an School, a literary group was led by the three Yuan brothers(Yuan Zong-dao, Yuan Hong-dao, Yuan Zhong-dao). The Gong-an School exerted a great influence on the development of late Ming literary criticism and literary circles. Yuan Hong-dao was the leader of the Gong-an School. The literary theory of Yuan Hong-dao is very important in the late Ming literary world. The late Ming essay have very special meaning in chinese classical prose. Yuan Hong-dao's essay is a part of the late Ming essays. The landscape essay is one of the important parts in Yuan Hong-dao's essays. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the contents of Yuan Hong-dao's landscape essays. We believe that the comprehensive understanding about the contents of Yuan Hong-dao's landscape essays will bring us the right direction to understanding of Yuan Hong-dao's literature and literary criticism.

• 남덕현(부산대학교 중어중문학과 부교수)