Society·Region·Family: The Study Of ChangZhou Ancient Prose And Prallel Prose In Qing Dynasty

Changzhou of Qing Dynasty is the key place which famous for its Ancient Prose and Parallel Prose. Yanghu school who famous for its Ancient Prose, and Changzhou school who famous for its Parallel Prose, are both the key schools that had promoted, impacted even leaded, transformed the culture current of that times. However, the academic circle attaches little attention to the Ancient Prose and Parallel Prose of Changzhou, especially the latter. This thesis, basing on the former research and with the help of the background and complex of the society, region and family, focuses on the Ancient Prose and the Parallel Prose of Changzhou School in the Qing Dynasty especially during the period of Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang.The context of this thesis is composed of six chapters and divided into three parts. Chapter one and two are the pandect which introduce the background of the geography and the humanity and the family culture of the Ancient Prose and the Parallel Prose of Changzhou School. Chapter three and four focus on the Changzhou Ancient Prose, While chapter five and six on the Changzhou Parallel Prose. The research on the Changzhou Ancient Prose is centered on the Yanghu School, and the key writers of Yanghu School are Yunjing and Zhang Huiyan. Yunjing's Ancient Prose is based on the Confucianism and absorbed the other Schools'characteristics, forming the character of strong, simple and beautiful styles, while Zhang Huiyan's Prose is character by elegant, profound and strong which due to inherit the spirit of Confucianism and History. In addition to the above two writers, Li Zhaoluo, Lu Jihe, Zhangqi are also the main writers of Yanghu School. Li is good at describes his affection, Lu is used to express his ideas about the life in indirect and affectionate way, while Zhang is famous for his historical comments which are full of eloquent and powerful words.The Research about the Changzhou Parallel Prose reveals the reasons why it come the prosperity in the middle of Qing Dynasty. Then the research analyses the achievement of the main writers'Parallel Prose. It's no questions that Hong Liangji and Sun Xingyan are the leaders of the Changzhou Parallel Prose School. Hong's Parallel Prose is character by its vigor; tolerance, quantity, so clean writing and combing are the merit of his prose. Meanwhile, Sun's Parallel Prose is profound and hard understanding. Besides Hong and Sun, Liu Siwan's prose is character by its meticulous describing, indirect affection and direct discussion; Fang Lvjian is good at all kinds of prose styles and character by deep affection and powerful vigor and Dong Jicheng, Dong Youcheng are good at handle the structures of the prose and combine the description, expression and discussion together. All of them are also the key writers of Changzhou School.Basing on the research of the background and the concrete writers, this thesis discusses the Changzhou School's status in the Qing Literature and gives same conclusion and expectation on this School in the fields which beyond the capacity of the author because of the poor materials.