Study On Yang Ting He’s Biographical Literature

This article taking Yang Tinghe’s biography literature as the research object is divided into two parts.The first part is about the study of biography.First of all,sort out the three stages of the development of Chinese biography: The Pre-Qin Period is the budding period of Chinese classical biography;From the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty,it was the formation and prosperity of Chinese classical biography;In modern times,it was the decline of Chinese classical biography and the rise of modern biography.The Chinese classical biography was defined as the actual record of the personal life story,which can make up for some of the shortcomings of the previous definition.Secondly,to study the intertextuality of Chinese classical biography.The requirements for the authenticity of the biography,the lack of knowledge of the confession,and the obedience to authority are the main reasons for the strong interplay between Chinese classical biography texts.The same is true of Yang Tinghe’s personal biographies and three inherited contexts have been formed.It can be seen that the overall structure of Yang Ting’s biographies and the mutual influence between these biographies.Although the strong intertextuality of biography is conducive to tracing the roots of the source and exploring the truth of history,it also highlights the literary nature of the biography,which leads to doubts and criticism of the authenticity of history.History has two dimensions.if we understand historical works including biography as the perspective of history,then history is still true and meaningful.And then,based on Yang Ting’s biography and other historical data,we can clarify the changes to Yang Tinghe’s assessment.The evaluation of historical figures was influenced by their actual actions,ideology,and political environment.Next,analyze the writing process of Chinese classical biography.The writing process of Yang Tinghe’s biographies have gone through three stages: family history,private history,and official history.Each stage has its own characteristics.From one stage to another,not only is the quantity change but also the qualitative change.The entry of personal biography into the official history is a very complicated process,which is both an accident and an inevitable.finally,the prevailing Shuang Xi Notes was cut down,analyzing the reasons of deletion,the process of deletion,and the content of deletions.Biography can describe history,but it is also in history,counteracted by history,inevitably undergoing change,and not even controlled by the author’s will.The second part is the study of Yang Tinghe’s life story.Yang Tinghe,the Prime Minister of the Zhengde Dynasty and the Jiajing Dynasty,is an important historical figure.However,he had been in politics for a long time and had a lot of enemies.Therefore,he was complained a lot.Among them,Wang Qiong’s Shuang Xi Notes criticized him most.In addition,as a loser in the controversy of the important etiquette,the official also tried to discredit Yang Tinghe’s image and weaken his merit.Later scholars inherit the original mistaken statements,so that Yang Ting’s deeds in the existing biographies are difficult to distinguish.Many false statements are still popular today.This article first combines Yang Tinghe’s biographies and other historical materials,attempting to restore Yang Tinghe’s life story,including his place of origin,his ancestors,his political experience,etc.,in chronological order,in order to replace the missing chronology to introduce his deeds to the world in detail.Secondly,I select Yang Tinghe’s most controversial deeds in his life to study in detail and strive to restore the original features of history.