Research Of Historical Criticism Methods Of Zhong Rong’s Shipin

At present,the academic research on the critical methods of Zhong Rong’s Shipin mostly focuses on image criticism and comparative criticism,and pays attention to its characteristics as a literary theory monograph.However,as the first monograph on poetry in ancient times,Shipin has had a profound impact on later literary criticism,especially poetry criticism,from the specific point of view to the theoretical paradigm.Among them,the most influential are the three historical criticism methods of "seeking the source along the waves","vibrating leaves because of branches" and "knowing people and discussing the world".The method of "seeking the source along the waves" comes from the writing method of the historical records catalogue of the Qilue and Bielu.It traces the five character poetry to the three sources of Chuci,Guofeng and Xiaoya,which provides the foundation for the five character poetry system.The source of the method is Lu Ji’s Wenfu,which not only involves the delimitation of poet factions,but also relates to the development of poetic style.Previous studies on critical methods generally attribute these two methods to "pushing the source and tracing the flow",but they actually include the front and rear directions,with different emphases.The method of "seeking the source along the waves" focuses on tracing the source of poetic genre and style,while the method of "vibrating leaves due to branches" focuses on combing the development of poetic style since the Han and Wei dynasties.The method of "knowing people and discussing the world" comes from the theory of "Shangyou" in Mencius,which is one of the oldest traditional historical methods.This part not only pays attention to the poet’s personal experience,but also pays attention to the whole poetic style.The method of historical criticism of Shipin is unique and has a profound impact on later poetry criticism and even art criticism.These three historical criticism methods have been widely cited and commented in later poetry and prose reviews.In addition to the use of specific criticism methods,Shipin also created the tradition of compiling poets’ anecdotes,which had a profound impact on both original poetry and poetic talk.In the age of Zhong Rong,the division of literature and history was not strict,and Zhong Rong was influenced by the traditional academic "emphasizing teachers".When discussing poetry,he paid special attention to the origin and evolution of poetry.When specifically evaluating a poet,he also combed the context of his poetic style,which made the literary theory work Shipin also a history of literary criticism.Therefore,Shipin has also had an impact on the writing of the history of Chinese literature and Criticism: for example,the sequence of five character poetry is basically determined along the origin defined in Shipin,and pays attention to the inheritance relationship in literature,the influence of times and personal factors on poetry creation.