A Study Of Biographical Literature Of Tang Dynasty

The paper researches on the biographical literature of the Tang Dynasty,including the historical biographies,biography prose and specialized biographies.It sums up the characteristics and value of all kinds of biographical literature in the Tang Dynasty.More importantly,this paper puts the biographical literature in the Tang Dynasty under the development process of the ancient biographical literature,to examine and explore its historical origins and development path and study the inner connection with other literature phenomenon. The paper is rich in reference and deep in illustration,so that the readers are able to get full knowledge of the biographical literature in the Tang Dynasty.The research is made from six aspects:Chapterâ… andâ…¡study the historical biographies in the Tang Dynasty.The historical biographies mainly refers to eight history books in the Tang Dynasty,that is,"Jin Shu," "Sui Shu","Nai shi","Bei-Shi","Liang Shu","Chen Shu","Zhou Shu","Bei- Qi Shu".These two chapters focus on the combination of history and description,inheritance and development,the relationship with other literature phenomenon.Chapterâ…¢andâ…£research on biography prose in the Tang Dynasty.They refer to the short and separate biographies in the Tang Dynasty which developed from the mixed biographies in the Wei-Jin-South- North Dynasty.The topic concentrates on the historical process from the historical biographies to the biography prose in the Tang Dynasty and the different styles of biography prose.Chapterâ…¤studies the specialized biographies in Tang Dynasty.The specialized biographies refer to the single lengthy biography.There was only one of that kind in the Tang Dynasty,that is,"Ci-En biography." The study of this topic mainly focused on the relationship of "Ci-En biography" with the literature in the Tang Dynasty,the unique narrative achievements of "Ci-En biography",and the influence on the plays and novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Chapterâ…¥studies the theory of biographical literature in the Tang Dynasty.There was not any special biographical literary theory,but scattered in the quite different books.Specific studies include the historical literature theory in "Shi-Tong," and the literary thought of ancient essays in the Tang Dynasty. Generally speaking,the research connects historical biographies with biography prose through "the process from historical biographies to biography prose," and sums up the whole subject by "Theoretical Study of biographical literature in the Tang Dynasty." As a result,all parts of the research are both relatively independent and integrated,displaying higher academic value.