Research On Changquanzi’s Dongyuan Collection

The Dongyuan Collection by Quanzhen Taoist priest Changquanzi at the end of the Jin Dynasty has high literary and artistic value.However,there is very little research on Changquanzi and his Dongyuan Collection in the academic circles,and there is no complete research topic.This article examines Changquanzi’s life and writing situation,studies his rich Taoist thoughts,and discusses the artistic characteristics of his articles,in order to restore the literary creation of a Quanzhen Taoist priest and strive to give him a relatively objective historical position.This article is divided into four chapters:The first paragraph mainly inspects the life and works of Changquanzi.By consulting a great deal of historical books and literary documents,it is confirmed that changquanzi is quanzhen Taoist priest in zhengda period at the end of jin dynasty,and a supplementary argument is made on whether Changquanzi and feng zunshi are one person in the academic community.His work is mainly Dong Yuan Collection,the style includes four types of poems,essays,ci and fu;the subject is diverse,involving preaching the Taoist decree,alchemy practice,advising on the stubbornness of virtue,and living in seclusion.The second chapter focuses on the Taoist thoughts of Changquanzi.According to the Dong Yuan Collection,the author’s more distinctive and true thoughts are summarized as follows: the religious thoughts of universal salvation,the practice philosophy of asceticism and penance,and the harmony of the three religions of the times.The third chapter explores the diversified artistic characteristics of Dong Yuan Collection.This article takes Changquanzi’s Dongyuan Collection as the main research object,combined with the background of the times and the author’s strong missionary thinking,to analyze the meaningful and characteristic chapters in his works,and sort out the Dongyuan Collection.The important artistic characteristics of the art are:rich and dense allusions,wonderful and ever-changing metaphors and vulgar language.These features cover the poems and prose of Dongyuan Collection,and present a splendid sight appearance.The use of these techniques not only facilitates the preaching of the article,but also makes the article concise,easy to understand and swaying.It gets rid of the inevitable boring preaching in Taoist works and shows the artistic beauty of elegance and vulgarity.The fourth chapter affirms the Taoist value and literary value of Changquanzi’s Dongyuan Collection.Changquanzi is committed to the preaching practice of promoting Taoism through literature,and uses diversified artistic methods to promote the doctrine of Quanzhen,which has made great contributions to the development of Quanzhen Sect.Changquanzi’s creative concept of taking himself as a poet and writing intentionally makes Dongyuan Collection present a strong literary color.It is a good work among Quanzhen’s works and has a high Taoist literary value.