Study On The Systematic Learning About The Spring And Autumn Annals In The Northern Song Dynasty

The Spring and Autumn Annals is modified by Confucius,which original material is the history about Lu states.This book contains twelve monarchs from Lu Yin to Lu Ai,and the total time is 242 years.Then five commentaries are formed,three of them are famous and spread here,that is "Zuozhuan Gongyangzhuan Guliangzhuan".From the history of development about the Spring and Autumn Annals point of view,there are many works or papers on the Spring and Autumn Annals in the Song dynasty.But it's a little that studying the relationship between the Spring and Autumn Annals and Neo-Confucianism.Until this day, there are some problems about this subject.In view of this condition,the author decides to reveal the interaction between the Spring and Autumn Annals and Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty in this article,and broaden the Academic vision about Song Dynasty.In order to state some viewpoints,the author considers that:First,there are three premises that scholars study the Spring and Autumn Annals,such as the crisis of politics providing realistic condition for understanding the Spring and Autumn Annals,the difficult position of Confucianism which includes its own trouble and external Buddhism and Taoism challenge,the active efforts of government and learned man that specifying the developmental direction of studying the Spring and Autumn Annals in the Northern Song Dynasty.Second,this monographic study is divided into two types,one is the Neo-Confucian understanding,and the other is the general Confucian comprehending.It has three successive phases.The first stage shows suspecting and criticizing the exegesis on the Spring and Autumn Annals of Han-Tang dynast,even suspecting and revising Confucian scripture,for example Fan Zhong-yan,Ou Yang-xiu,"three scholars" in early Song Dynasty,Liu chang and so on.Later,the scholars not only carried on the formers explaining pattern,but creates new studying type,that is through metaphysical reason to understand the Spring and Autumn Annals,such as Wang An-shi,Su zhe,Sun jue.So we think that this period above forms a connecting link between what comes before and what goes after.Finally,between Northern and Southern Song Dynasties,two types of research are more and more obvious,just like the above-mentioned.On the one hand,the metaphysical reason is the determining and unique basis to study the Spring and Autumn Annals.On the other hand,the general Confucian comprehending indicates different studying means.Moreover,two types of research doesn't completely separate.In fact,they are interrelated each other.Third,the studying methods have a change process,that is to say,the research basis is from physical Confucian way to metaphysical reason.We consider that this changing is fair and reasonable.The Systematic Learning about the Spring and Autumn Annals in the Northern Song Dynasty has some characteristics,such as practice,connection with the Neo-Confucianism and so on.Besides,it provides practical resources for the growing of the Neo-Confucianism. So,the studying on the Spring and Autumn Annals makes contribution to the academic of Song Dynasty.