Live In The Present And Search Their Ways Of The Past: Study On The Systematic Learing About The Spring And Autumn Annals In Song Dynasty

Among the study of Confucian classics. the systematic learling of the spring and autumn annals was the significant one. If we want to research the influence of the study of Confucian classics upon Song dynasty,we can start with the study of the systematic learing about the spring and autumn annals. Actually,from Tang to Song dynasty,The scholars want to look for perfect methods to consolidate and strengthen Song dynasty from traditional Confucian classics.I will reflect it in this thesis.In this dissertation,not only the macroscopic research will be appeared,but also the microcosmic demonstration will be used. Paticularly,many works regarding the explanation of Confucian classics in Song dynasty penetrated the neo-Confucianism,while the contents of philosophy lecture didn't depart from the neo-Confucianism.Philosophy is the logical product of Confucian classics evolution,whereas philosophy were rooted in Confucian classics,the specific relationship of neo-Confucianism and the systematic learing about the spring and autumn annals was that the reform of Classics studies promote neo-Confucianism to come into being;when neo-Confucianism established,it eluciaated doctrines depending on the systematic learing about the spring and autumn annals,and gived the systematic learing about the spring and autumn annals further influences in various aspects. the systematic learing about the spring and autumn annals in Song dynasty finished the neo-Confucianism at last.This dissertation will take analyze by horizontal way. The spring and autumn annals,though included in the category of Confucian classics,is also a history book. Since offical status was given to Confucianism in Han dynasty, the spring and autumn annals was related to politics and taken as a Confucian classics.Then,from DuYu to LiuZhiji,the book was wildely taken as a history one.DanZhu and his follpwers in the middle of Tang dynasty began to regard it as both a Confucian classics and a history book,which was further developed by scholars in Song dynasty,though they disagreed with each other as to the degree.Some highlighted the content of Confucianism and depreciate the biographical part in the book,while others proposed to understand or even prove Confucianism on the basis of the historical content.These arguments reflect both the development of the spring and autumn annals and the characteristics of the times.SunFu identifys WangDao and BaDao based on the continuum of Confucian Orthodoxy, but there is no profound impact for his later scholars.WangAnshi starts to talk about the distinction in the dimensions of Mind and Nature,The the systematic learing about the spring and autumn annals in Song dynasty succeeds this train of thought,and on this basis,it creates new contact with the arguments with righteousness and benefit,reason and desire and status gradually.When analysed the arguments we can find that the scholars'views may have differences,but they are unanimous in putting excessive emphasis on monarchial power,and carring out policy of benevolence, consolidating the state power,This is still in accordance with the main aim of the systematic learing about the spring and autumn annals of Song dynasty.In chapter four, this essay mainly discusses the ways to analyze Confucianism in the systematic learning about the spring and autumn annals in Song dynasty. Although some researchers generalize that Song Confucian have such features as believing in Confucianism while abolishing zhuan, abandoning zhuan while requesting classics, integrating three zhuan, Song Confucianism still have other ways. If we researchers just use common arguments, then it may give us a misleading:many traditional ways of analyzing Confucianism in Han, Tang dynasty have disappeared, while Song Confucian take a totally different way in analyzing Confucianism. This understanding is incomplete. For example, the basis of requesting facts and situations, the intention of distinguishing blood and birthright, the consideration of opposing classics and using expediency, these are all the distinctive ways of analyzing Confucianism, which can not be omitted when researching Song dynasty's analyzing Confucianism.In chapter five, this essay talks about Song Confucian's researches on the beginning and ending of the spring and autumn annals. Traditional Confucian emphasize that the beginning and ending of the spring and autumn annals may have its own special significance. The spring and autumn annals begins from the first year of Lu Yingong, but ends in the 14th year of Lu Aigong, which is not the first year or the last year. Thus the arguments about the beginning and ending of the spring and autumn annals continue permanently. Mencius has started to concern the purpose of Confucius's writing The spring and autumn annals, so Song Confucian pay more attention to this problem. This gradually becomes a big problem, which starts from Han dynasty and still has no unanimous agreement till Song dynasty. Thus, we should make some comments on these arguments, which is very meaningful to the systematic learning about the spring and autumn annals in Song dynasty.Above are the general elaboration of this essay's purpose and target, in the base of which I will give an overall evaluation of the systematic learning about the spring and autumn annals in Song dynasty.My conclusion is:Song Confucian integrate neo-Confucianism into the explanation of the spring and autumn annals, distinguish the spring and autumn annals to be Confucianism or history, discuss the distinction between WangBa, and investigate the beginning and ending of the spring and autumn annals;their purpose is to give the Confucian idealism a new vitality through reexamination of Confucian Classics and turn it into their own tradition in their epoch. We should recognize their efforts in opening up a new stage of the systematic learning about the spring and autumn annals. But we also notice that they mainly try to give authoritarian rule a theoretical support. And although Song dynasty is far from Pre-Qin, they still use the old way of trivial explanation of great significance, which proves Song Confucian's thought depletion and lack of innovation.