Compilation Study On The Biography Of Gifted Poets In Tang Dynasty

The Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty is the first book of the monograph ofpoets.The book has10chapters,include398poets. The author is Wenfang Xin who was livedin western country which closed to the area of Yuan,and in that time the Yuan Dynasty wasestablished not longer. The book do not only research the poet’s life and comment on Tangpoetry rheology and the poetic style, but also vividly depict the poet’s style. Each biographygenerally includes profile, Poetry criticism, Book circulation and Appendix four parts.So far, the Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty’s studies mostly focus onarrangement, textual research and fact magazine version of error, but the research ofcompilation is few, and has no system. On the basis of previous studies, this paper has asystematic research on the compilation of the Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty.This paper altogether is divided six major parts.The first part is introduction. Mainly introduces the Biography of Gifted Poets in TangDynasty’s study history, the paper’s main content and research methods.The second part is Wenfang Xin and the Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty.Mainly discusses the book’s academic factors and subjective factors of the author WenfangXin. The book wrote in the year of1304,which is the " Zong Tang" atmosphere is mostabundanted, we can say that the Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty is the “ZongTang”s products. Of course, the Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty has a greatrelation of the author Wenfang Xin’s poetry creation ability and educational background.The third part is the Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty’s material conditions.The Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty is a pure literary biography.In the writingprocess, how to collect and do with the material is very important, which is an importantaspect of the study of Compilation. In the sources of material, Wenfang Xi collected a largeamount of data, but what material can finally be used, he followed the two samplingprinciples.The one is taking " Wit" as the starting point; the other is enriching the image ofthe" Wit". There are a few mistakes in the book for too wide range of the material.The fourth part, the Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty’s style,compiling principlesand characteristics. The author records of the Records of the Grand Historian,and usesJiChuanTi and Commentaries with biography.The fifth part is the method of the Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty. In thebook,Xin uses three methods that are Method of criticism, Judgment based on narrative, Crossreference.,Which are the methods of the Records of the Grand Historian.The sixth part, the historiography value of the Biography of Gifted Poets in TangDynasty.Firstly,Xin takes the Biographies into the Biography of Gifted Poets in TangDynasty.Secondly,the book inherites the style of the scribe’s biography.and makes a simpleprofile pattern,which is to poetry creation story as the center, in the content be lively and vividin style, flexible. So, the Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty is a a good guide for ourcompilation of biographical.It is can be said that the Biography of Gifted Poets in TangDynasty is an indispensable chain in the biographical history.