The Evolution History And Research On Guanyu's Image And The Worship To Guanyu

This thesis explores the historical process of Guanyu's image from historical character to literature image to religious deity?The evolution process of Guanyu's image was a representative among many Chinese ancient historical characters. Through analyzing the evolution law of Guanyu's image and exploring the culture connotation of the evolution, we may find the unique humanistic spirits of traditional Chinese culture? Through analyzing the shaping of Guanyu's image in different literature works, exhibiting the colorful artistic charm, we may understand the aesthetic desire of Chinese people to create model people and deities o The evolution and formation process of Guanyu's image is also the formation and developing process of the worship to Guanyu 0With the wide spreading of the Romance of the Three Kindoms, Guanyu's image was gradually symbolized and codified in the literature field and became a fixed image in the social ideology o In the shaping of Guanyu, the traditional Chinese culture spirits of loyality, righteousness, rite, wisdom, and faithfulness has been consolidated in Guanyu's image, and Guanyu became an idol of Chinese people oWith the ancient emperors' promotion of religious creation, men of letters' pursuit of estheticism and people' worship of safety and happiness, Guanyu was gradually promoted to the deity of vanquishing demons, and thus, Guanyu not only was the representative character of these human spirits, but also was endowed with the characteristics of super nature o As image of deity produces a feeling of divine and fear in the heart of its believers, therefore confines people's moral oPart one "The Evolution Track of Guanyu's Image and the Worship to Guanyu" diachronically analyzes Guanyu's image and introduces the worship to Guanyu, so examin the process of the symbolization of Guanyu's image o Part two "The Research on Diverse Appearances of Guanyu's Image and the Worship to Guanyu" explores the different influences and impacts on the formation of Guanyu's image produced by different texts ?Finally, with the image in the versions as the symbol carrier, the worship to Guanyu was pushed to the acmec In the conclusion, this thesis expatiates the phenomenon of the worship to Guanyu from cultural aspect through its formation mechanism and transmission procedure o...