On Fan Ye "Han" The Spread And Influence In Southern And Northern Dynasties

Fan Ye was a famous historian in Dynasty Liu Song. He was born in anaristocratic family. He was a clever but proud scholar. The emperor named Liu Yilongwanted to kill his little brother Liu Yikang who was threatening his throne.And Fanwas Liu Yikang’s old man. At last Fan was trapped and killed by Liu Yilong and hisminister named Xu Zhanzhi. Fan Ye ‘s Death meant the autocratic power defeatingthe aristocratic power. At the meantime the classical tradition of historiography wasdeclining. Unauthorized history was replaced by authorized history as the mainstream. Fan Ye ‘s the History of the Later Han was not completed. This book wasbanned immediately.In Dynasty Nan Qi, some historians paid attention to Fan Ye ‘s book. But theliterary leader Shen Yue hated and suppressed Fan Ye. Although Shen Yue hadlearned a lot of knowledge including phonology from the History of the Later Han.Shen Yue has brought a serious impact on the spread of Fan Ye ‘s book. Liu Xie ‘sCarving a Dragon at the Core of Literature and Liu Xiaobiao’s Notes of a New Accountof the Tales of the World also deliberately ignored Fan Ye ‘s book. Liu Xie and LiuXiaobiao were both Shen Yue’s disciples.Shen Yue’s opponents managed to restore Fan Ye’s reputation. They laid thefoundation for the spread of Fan Ye‘s book. Lu Jue affirmed Fan Ye’s contribution tophonology. Zhong Rong affirmed Fan Ye’s poetry achievement. Xiao Zixian affirmedFan Yes achievement of history and calligraphy.In Dynasty Xiao Liang, Shen Yue lost the confidence of his emperor named XiaoYan gradually. Xiao Yan knocked down Shen Yue at last. Fan Ye’book was publishedand researched to the public. Liu Zhao and Wu Jun both noted Fan Ye ‘s book. WuJun’s noted book probably was the first noted book of the History of the Later Han.Liu Zhao used parts of Sima Biao’s Continued History of Han as a continuous book ofFan Ye’s the History of the Later Han This book has a great influence in history as awhole. Xiao Tong highly affirmed Fan Ye’s literature achievement. Xiao Tong eventhought Fan Ye was a better historian than Ban Gu and Shen Yue. Xiao Yi, Xiao Fangdeng and Xiao Gai of the royal family also participated in the research of Fan Ye‘s book.Fan Ye’s book had been widely spread in the Northern Dynasties. Li Tao Yuan’sWaterways, Yang Xuanzhi’s Stories of Luoyang Temple, Jia Sixie’s Qi Min Yao Shu allused Fan Ye’s book. An emperor even recited Fan Ye’s book publicly.At the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Fan Ye’s book becamedominant and popular during a lot of historical books about the Eastern Han Dynasty.Many scholars cannot ignored Fan Ye ‘s book. Even some of them disliked Fan Ye’spersonality.In a word, the dissemination and influence of Fan Ye‘s the History of the LaterHan experienced a long and tortuous process in the Northern and SouthernDynasties.