The Chronicle Of Song Qi

Song Qi who is firstly well known with the literature is the famous litterateur, historian and politician on North Song Dynasty. His achievement on the politics and the literature were all greatly.As a successor to "Xi Kun Group", Song Qi has special style himself .On the one hand, he practices "Xi Kun Group "s grand and profound characteristic; On the other hand , in the real creation, Song Qi does not limited by it . Furthermore, he creats elegant poems. Song Qi advocates simple and unsophisticated literature. He cries up Dufu , Hanyu and Liuzongyuan .When Song Qi was writing New Book of the Tang dynasty ,he gathered a great deal of Hanyu and Liuzongyuan 's articles .Song Qi considers Han ,Liu ,Yuan and Bai should exist side by side . Song Qi affirms adequately above litterateurs 'success .At the same time, he deems official letter should have definite position.Song Qi has martial ability and sagacity. His three pieces of strategy are appraised highly by historian.Song Qi wrote New Book of the Tang dynasty for more than ten years. New Book of the Tang dynasty has three excellences. First, it has more species than Old Book of the Tang dynasty. Second, its additions and deletions are more accurate. Third, its content is more abundant.The ministers in charge of the literature on Qing Dynasty collected the Song Qi's corpus wasn't come down before from Yong le Cyclopaedia. Thismemorabilia of Song Qi is written on the base of that mostly. It also refers to the government's histories, all kinds of books related to him and the materials of his old brother Song Xiang, the teachers and the friends. This paper Arrange all his life and his writings on the background of initial stages on Song Dynasty to Obtain the purpose to study Song Qi's idea about the literature, historiography and politics.