The Lanting Pavilion:the Wei-Jin Demeanor And The Imperial Power----Landscape,Symbolic Meaning And The Shaoxing Scholars In The Late Ming And Early Qing Dynasties

Lanting, which is well known for the waterside ritual in the Yonghe region of the eastern Jin Dynasty, carries the imagery of the Wei-Jin demeanor and scholars’anthologies. This cultural significance of Lanting has gone beyond the profile of its physical makeup. It has become the cultural symbols of the humanistic spirit of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. During the replacement of the Ming Dynasty by the Qing Dynasty, Shaoxing, where Lanting is situated, reflects a surge in the number of many scholars and loyalist of the Ming martyrdom. As a result, Lanting became the symbol of the extinct Ming Dynasty. With the gradual consolidation of the rule of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi’s and Emperor Qianlong’s attentions also made Lanting filled with imperial coloration. In the early Qing Dynasty, the Wei-Jin demeanor and humanistic spirit, were entangled with the loyalty to the former Ming Dynasty and the imperial power of the Qing Dynasty. Finally, the loyalty to the Ming Dynasty was faded. The imperial power of the Qing emperors and the humanistic spirit remained in the history of Lanting.This article is aimed at reflecting the different cultural entanglements attached to Lanting in the early Qing Dynasty by examining its landscape and cultural significance. During the entanglement between Lanting and imperial power, it exhibits the attitude transformation of scholars from cultural resistance to accommodation in the reconstruction of cultural identity as well. This paper is divided into four parts. The part of introduction analyzes the academic research results related to the topic, briefly defines the concepts, and digs out the value of the research. The first chapter explores the historical origin between the waterside ritual in Yonghe and Lanting and the cultural meaning given to Lanting. It also inspects how Lanting becomes synonymous with the humanistic spirit of the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the textual and historical memory. The second chapter analyzes how the scholars in Shaoxing were affected by the Wei-Jin demeanor and humanistic spirit. The third chapter researches into the transformation between the loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and the accommodation to the authorities of Qing Dynasty.