Confucianism And Literature Of Early And Glorious Age Of Tang

Confucianism was the main thought resources of Early Tang "wen de" politics conception. Confucianism revival and re-systemize was the important action of Tang dynasty to reply the culture and region problem. In seven century first halves Confucianism which experienced a long-term to sign separately had realized universally, the north china and south china were consistent with edition; commentary on scriptural text and pronunciation. And through two big ways that a more complete systematic education and the imperial civil service examination, Confucianism had affected Early Tang scholar's knowledge constitution profoundly. The literature was integrated in the words system of Confucianism. Through a series of cultural action such as history book revising and five works of the Confucian canon reorganization, the literature view of Early Tang which approved the Confucianism literary arts view was stated. There was dislocation with the theories aware of self and literature development vein, but the literary creation of Zhen Guan times which mainstream esthetics style was elegant and honorable still was the practice of Confucianism literary arts view. As a result of palace political situation change and cultural policy adjustment the development of Early Tang Confucianism was obstructed in the near half century time after Zhen Guan. The literature style that emphasized admonishment and the praise was substituted by the style of praise and flattering.Tang dynasty was the turning point from middle age to modern times of traditional china, which was also the history period that traditional family shape transformed and influence increase and decrease of aristocrat and common people. Confucianism in this history moment Lost its explain ability on the social question gradually. Confucianism entered the ebb tide in the half century after Gao emperor. Compared with Zhen Guan times Confucianism's influence of education and the imperial examination greatly reduced. With institutionalized- degree of Confucianism reducing, the relations of Confucianism and literature in the original words system became bad. The intellectual lost the moral character and the official lost the sense of responsibility, Non-mainstream circle of thinkers intensely questioned the mainstream official Confucianism education and the conservative and anti-foreign palace literary arena which mainstream style was flattering. An ensemble of "song" and "ya" was staged on the palace literary arena which took the national capital as the stage and palace as center from Zhen Guan to Kai Yuan. Scholar' s reconsidering consciousness was strengthened by the political scene changing and individual bitter experience. Reconsidering and adjustment of Confucianism and literary and their relation became one of core questions of the scholar acted in the period between Zhen Guan and Kai Yuan.The disputation between "Li neng" and "Wen ru" in the early Kai Yuan was the Confucianism's inner disputation which as a result of two big political groups faced political situation and Confucianism difficult position , had different thought, Good politics was their Common goal. "Li neng" and "Wen ru" had the enormous contribution to the Kai Yuan prosperous times, through the disputation the relation of Confucianism and literary was balanced in the system of rites and music. The definition of "Wen ru" connotation and relative equilibrium of Confucianism and literary in the system of ritual and music and the relation reconstruction between literary and scholar' s mind world both had contribution to the glorious age of Tang poetry literature. In this procession , Zhang yue and Zhang jiu ling were the essential character as the representative personage of "Wen ru" . Early Tang Confucianism achieved the peak of preliminary traditional Confucianism in the time of Kai Yuan, with this corresponding, the Tang Dynasty literature which took Confucianism spirit as the bottom color had also achieved its peak. But the Confucianism of Early Tang that based on the Tang Dynasty's formidable national strength couldn't adapt society's change for its core was ritual and music, the relation of Confucianism and literary lost their balance again. An lu shan Rebellion was the turning point of Tang Dynasty politics and the development of Tang Confucianism. "Wen ru" pondered the salvation plan positively for facing the social crisis and reconstruction of empire authorities. Confucianism core question changed the morals from the ritual and music, in the Tang Dynasty later period, "Xin and Xing" became the focal point of Confucianism. The scholars of Middle Tang took the Confucian orthodoxy as own responsibility. Academic started to reform, Sub-study and history expanded rapidly. The intellectual' s academic characteristic was individual and rational when they reviewed history and wanted to revive the Confucian orthodoxy. History rule and individual academic systematization were their goals. Academic reform had a great influence on the Middle Tang literary, the balance of Confucianism and literary was broken, literature became the loading tool of Confucian orthodoxy, but at the same time literature esthetics style was emphasized, the mainstream esthetics characteristic was pursued novelty and change; advocated uniqueness and strangeness; carried out the fusion of ration and feeling. The affective tone of Middle Tang poems was low and deep, its meaning was implicit. "Xin and Xing" Confucianism, subjective personality, academic objective and esthetics characteristic had great influence on the coming of Neo—Confucianism.