A Study On The Reception Of The Image Of Lord Xinling In Literature And History Works From Pre-Qin To Song Dynasty

Lord of Xinling,namely Wei Wuji,was from the State of Wei in the late Warring States Period.He was the youngest son of King Zhao of Wei,and the half-brother of King Anli of Wei.Lord of Xinling,together with Lord of Pingyuan,Lord of Mengchang,Lord of Chunshen,were called the “Four Lords of the Warring States”,and were regarded as the head of the Four L ords in later generations.Lord of Xinling was a famous statesman and strategist in the Warring States Period.He became a force in his own right because of his ability to show courtesy to the virtuous and the generals.At this time,although Wei was gradually declining,he still defeated the Qin army twice with the help of his followers,which slowed down the decline of Wei and even the six states.The character of Lord of Xinling’s meritorious and virtuous officers and his achievements in saving Zhao have been commented endlessly for later generations,and his image has been continuously dissembled and interpreted in different works in different periods,which has unique cultural value and times significance.On the basis of previous research,this paper combines macro and micro investigation through horizontal and vertical analysis,trying to sort out literary and historical works from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty,with the ancient and unique character and cultural phenomenon of Lord of Xinling as the subject of observation,supplemented by the evaluation of past dynasties scholars,elegant the history of the acceptance of Lord of Xinling,to explore the unique cultural phenomenon formed in the process of deduction and dissemination of the story of Lord Xinling,to sort out whether the cultural symbol of Lord Xinling has been added with new cultural and literary connotations under the influence of various subjective and objective factors.In addition to the introduction,the article is divided into five chapters,the specific research content has the following points:The introduction part deals with three questions:First,on the basis of the existing literature,the overall academic research on Lord Xinling in the past 70 years and learning methods are sorted out to find the breakthrough point,and the deficiencies and gaps in the acceptance of Lord Xinling’s image are found.Second,the author briefly discusses the significance and value of Lord Xinling,supplemented by the weak research on Lord Xinling’s image,to provide argument support for the significance and value of the existence of this paper.Thirdly,the research methods and difficulties to be used in this paper are briefly introduced.The first chapter mainly explores the original image of Lord Xinling.Through the interpretation of the story of Lord Xinling in the literature and history of the pre-Qin and Han dynasties,this paper summarizes the characteristics of his images and seeks for the source of his acceptance and interpretation.According to the social identity of Lord Xinling and the appearance presented in the text,in this chapter,the image of Lord Xinling is classified into four categories: gentleman,ranger,strategist,courtier and so on,in order to distinguish the complex and diverse images of Lord Xinling in different historical biographies.Different images show different character traits and evaluation tendency.Shi Ji have the most far-reaching influence on later generations of literati,and the other works of classical books make Lord Xinling’s image more colorful.The second chapter expounds the achievement of Lord Xinling’s independent personality in the works of literature and history of Wei,Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties,which is an important stage in the history of the acceptance of Lord Xinling’s image.The history books of Wei,Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties showed two distinct evaluation tendencies,which were praise and disparage,and had certain political significance.The poems and articles of Wei,Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties abandoned the judgment on the moral achievements of Lord xinling in the early literary and historical works,turned to pay attention to the personal physical and mental development,personality charm and quality characteristics of Lord xinling,and made vivid and rich artistic acceptance on the aspects of his courting virtuous and virtuous persons,visiting Zhao and returning to Wei to save Zhao and the image of a knight.The third chapter explores the development of the image of Lord Xinling in the literary and historical works of the Tang Dynasty.The prosperity and development of culture promoted the acceptance of Lord Xinling’s image to the peak,which was mainly reflected in the literary interpretation.The comments on Lord Xinling in the historical books of the Tang Dynasty are also based on the records in the historical records of the Han Dynasty,and the comments on Lord Xinling’s actions such as taking scholars to save the country are discussed.The symbolization trend of the image of zhongling king in tang poetry is obvious,in the continuation and re-creation of the constant elements such as the image of courteousness,virtue,corsals,and knight-errant,it expresses various feelings such as talent,ambition,desire for enlightenment and so on,and the breadth and depth of interpretation show the selectivity of literati.The proses of the tang dynasty accepted the qualities of the emperor xinling,which were different from those of the former,with vivid narration,commendation and derogation at the same time.The fourth chapter discusses the image of Lord Xinling in the literary and historical works of the Song Dynasty.The Song Dynasty can be regarded as the return and transition period of the acceptance of Lord Xinling’s image.Song history,such as History As A Mirror,accepted the image of Lord Xinling as a courtiers by generations,and recorded his deeds more succinctly,giving Lord Xinling a new image.The literary lyricism of Xinling poems in the Song Dynasty was weakened.On the basis of inheriting the works before the Song Dynasty,the image characteristics of Lord Xinling also integrated with the distinctive style of The Times,which was embodied in the enhancement of the typological argumentation of the theme and the addition and expansion of elements.The prose of the Song Dynasty made a comprehensive and detailed summary and record of the story of Lord Xinling,and paid more attention to the image and deeds of Lord Xinling himself,which promoted the spread of the story of Lord Xinling in later generations.The fifth chapter analyzes the deep cultural function in the story of Lord Xinling.In terms of the culture of death for those who know themselves,this paper lists the views of previous scholars and discusses the reasons why Hou Ying committed suicide.The change of creative ideas stems from the difference of the author’s suffering,from the difficulty of expecting to save his life to the feeling that he was not met by the scholars,which reflects the common complex of the ancient scholars.In terms of ranger culture,with the development of The Times,the core of righteousness has not changed but the external form has changed.This is reflected in the fact that loyalty and keeping promises are still the core,but the image is more and more flying,unrestrained and unruly.Chapter six makes a longitudinal summary of the process of the image undertaking and interpretation of Lord Xinling.It complements the horizontal combing of the first four chapters and makes the logic more complete.This involves two aspects: one is a summary of the rules and characteristics of the image acceptance of Lord Xinling,that is,the integration of inheritance and innovation,the unity of commonness and personality.The second is a brief description of the acceptance of individualization,including a brief overview of the re-interpretation of women drinking wine in Xinling’s works after the Song Dynasty,and a brief analysis of the development and influence of the image of Lord Xinling in later generations,so as to make the historical context of its acceptance and influence more complete.The third is an overview of the selectivity accepted by the literati and the sense of distance in interpretation.