Fu And Confucian Classics

The so-called "classics" in Chinese traditional cultural context are explicitly referred to the canonical Confucian classics.In the history of Chinese ancient thought and culture,almost all the literatiand scholars have read the classics,and promote Confucianism,they thought it wasthe most important task.Classical learning becomes the core idea of Chinese traditional culture or value system.Literature is no exception,and as a literary creation,Fu is more consistent with the Confucian classics than other literary creations,and often based on the classics.It is an indissoluble bond between Fu and Confucian classics.In Han-Jin Dynasty,Confucian scholars such as Liu Xiang,Liu xin,Ban gu,Zuo si,Liu xie thought Fu originated from the Book of songs.During the Warring States period,Xun zi first wrote Fu,His "Fu Pian”such as "Li Fu","Zhi Fu","Yun Fu" and "Zhen Fu","Can Fu",They all were concerned with classics,especially represented by "Li Fu",almost was the literary expression of Learning about the ritual of Xun zi,saturated with strong Confucian ritual consciousness.Song yu "Fen Fu","Diao Fu","Yu Fu" clearly showed the allegory of monarch,and "Gao tang Fu","Shen Nv Fu" and "Deng Tu Zi Hao Se Fu","Feng Fu" and so on were showed a keen consciousness of Confucian.Since the Han Dynasty,influenced by the Confucian literary thought,the authorhas endowed the Book of Songs with Fu,They thought Han Fu Came from the Book of Songs.It was the guiding ideology of Han Fu-writing,and the value of Han Futook ironic and praise of Confucian literary thoughts as the standard.The Han Fu-writers,such as Si Ma-qian,Yang xiong,etc.,they thought Fu was the responsibility of satire.But in the Eastern Han Dynasty,Ban gu,Wang chong and so on advocated the theory of sing the praises of the nation and the monarch,they thought it was the Da Fu's responsibility.Hanfuwas especially close to the classicssuch asrhapsodies on capital,Palaces,Travel,Hunts.Mei Cheng 's"Qi Fa" and Sima Xiang-ru 's"ZiXu Fu" and "ShangLid Fu" suggested"DaYiTong."Yang xiong's "GanQuan Fu","HeDong Fu","YuLie Fu" and "ChangYang Fu"ironiced or praised to emperor of Han Cheng Di.Ban gu 's"LiangDu Fu",Zhang Heng's"ErJing Fu" presents a distinctive theme of sing the praises of Han Dynasty.In the Han Dynasty,the Fu of express one's emotion and praise of objects,were also influenced by the classics and presented the Confucian consciousness.Jia yi's "Diao QuYuan Fu",Yang Xiong's"Fan Li Sao",Liang Song's"DaoSao Fu",Dong Zhong-shu's "ShiBuYu Fu",Sima qian's"BeiShiBuYu Fu",Zhao Yi's "CiShiJiXian Fu",CuiZhuan's " WeiZhi Fu",Feng Yan's "XianZhi Fu" and so on,they can be regarded as failure to achieve ideal,also reflected the intellectuals'desire for their ideal.Liu xin's"SuiChu Fu",CaiYong's"ShuXing Fu",Ban Biao's "BeiZheng Fu",Ban Zhao's "DongZheng Fu" and Yang xiong's" TaiXuan Fu",Ban gu's "YouTong Fu",Zhang heng's "SiXuan Fu",wrote about their trip In order to expressed Confucian political ideal,or explained their pursuit of the Confucian life's ambition.In addition,the Fu of"Love "and "dancing" were expressed Confucian ritual concept and cultivating consciousness.And the Fu of praise objects expressed the Fu-writers song praises to the monarch,to achieve the ideal,and embodied the Confucian moralideal.In the Wei-Jin and Six Dynasties,Confucianism has already declined,but Confucianism was stillexist.The emperor of Cao wei such as Wendi,Mingdi and Gaoguixianggong,The emperor of Jin Dynasty such as Wudi of the Western-Jin Dynasty and Yuandi of the Eastern-Jin Dynasty,The emperor of Northern and Southern Dynasties such as Liang Wudi and the emperors of Northern-Wei,they all advocated Confucianism and rewarded Confucian scholars.Liang Wudi even studied the Confucian classics with the emperor's honorable,andwrote a lot of Confucian academic work.The scholars,such as Cao zhi,Cheng gong-sui,Zuo si,Huangfu mi,Zhi yu,Liu xie,Yan zhi-Tui,etc.,were influenced by Confucianism,they thought The most important responsibility of Fu was ironic and praise.Cao zhi was the representative of Fu-writer in Wei-Jin Dynasties,He was very respected to Confucianism.His rhapsodies praised the political ideal with a responsibleemperor and moral prime minister,and the Confucian ethics,implies positive use of the volunteers,the much quoted classical discourse into the Fu,constructed a classical discourse mode of writing.Rhapsodies on Metropolises and Capitals,Sacrifices have a clbse relationship with Confucian classics in Wei-Jin Dynasties.Wei mingdi liked to build palaces,so He yan make"JingFuDian Fu" to praise We Dynasty;the Western-Jin Dynasty took over regime from Wei Dynasty,so Zuo si Wrote "SanDu Fu" to praise the Western-Jin Dynasty.Pan yue's "JiTian Fu",Fu xuan's "PiYongXiangYinJiu fu",Wang shen's "ZhengHui Fu",Guo pu's "NanJiao Fu" and so on to describe the emperor's sacrificial ceremony.In the Wei and Jin Dynasties,there are many rhapsodies on Naturel Phenomena,Birds and Animals,Aspirations and Feelings,Sorrowful Laments,Literature,Music,and Passions.Part of them have a close relationship with Confucian classics,such as Ding Yi's "LiZhi Fu"Tao yuan-ming's "GanShiBuYu Fu"expressed the ideal of serving the country.In the Western-Jin Dynasty,Fu xian was a famous Fu-writer by praising of objects.His works suggested the morality of the emperor,song praises to the Confucian gentleman,and expressed his ideal for national service.ChengGong-Sui's "Wu Fu" advocated the Confucian filial piety.Liu Shao,Mu Xi,Fu Xuan,Wang Yi and so on with auspicious-Fu promoted Confucian "induction between god and man",they suggested the emperor's power was granted by god.In the Southern Dynasty,there was Yan yan-zhi's "Zhe Bai Ma Fu" praised to the emperor.Xiao Yan's "Xiao Si Fu"treated filial piety as a policy of governing.In the North Dynasty,Li Hao's "Shu Zhi Fu"and Yang Gu's "Yan Ze Fu" expressed the ideal of building a meritocracy.Zhang Yuan's"Guan Xiang Fu" praised himself sage-king politics based on YiJing.Other Fu-writers,such as Yu Xing,Yan Zh-tui,Sui tai-qing,they finished their rhapsodies according to the Confucian classics,have typical features of classical writing.In the Tang Dynasty,"Wu Jing Zheng Yi" was written,which marked the unification of the study of Confucian classics from north to south,and it was implied the unification of the ideology.The emperor of the Tang Dynasty had a high regard for Confucian classics,and paid particular attention to the "rites" of Confucianism,the emperor Taizong,Gao zong,and Xuanzong were the most important ones.In the Tang Dynasty,the intellectuals were influenced by Confucianism thoroughly.At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty,the Confucian scholars had an concept of orthodox Confucian literary thought.Theglorious age of Tang Dynasty,LiBai and Du Fu believed that song praises to the emperor was the purpose of literary creation.The middle period of Tang Dynasty,Bai Ju-yi and Yuan Zhen thought Lvfu have a purpose of singing praises to the emperor.The late Tang Dynasty,Pi Ri-xiu thought Fu should satirized social reality.Since the imperial competitive examination system was established in the Tang Dynasty,Classic consciousness infiltrated in the Fu-writing by form of national will and national administrative.Thus Tang Fu had a close relation with classics more than Han Dynasty and Wei-Jin Dynasty.Because the ceremony of the Tang Dynasty was a celebration of prosperity,so Fu-writers wrote a lot of rhapsodies on the emperor's sacrificial ceremony.The Fu of prose style such as Li Bai's "DaLie Fu","MingTang Fu"song praises to the Tang Dynasty emperors.Du Fu's three Fu of emperor's sacrificial ceremony,also song praises to the Tang Dynasty emperors.Other Fu-writers such as Zhao Zi-qing's "Chu Shi Fu",Xiao Xin's "Zhong Dong Shi Ling Fu",Xiao Ying Shi's "Zhi Ri Yuan Qiu Si Hao Tian Shang Di Fu",Yuan Zhen's "Jiao Tian Ri Wu Se Xiang Yun Fu",Wei Chong's "Jiao Te Sheng Fu",song praises to Tang Dynasty emperors,or celebrated national unity.As an important part of the Tang Dynasty ritual,the rhapsodies on music and dance,such as li guan's "Yue Jiu Cheng Fu",,Zheng Fang's "Yue De Jiao Zhou Zi Fu",Bai Hang-jian "Wu Cheng Ba Gua Fu",etc.had a strong sense of Wang Dao ideal.In the Tang Dynasty,rhapsodies on Capital,Palaces had Li hua's "Han Yuan Dian Fu",Li Yu's "Liang Du Fu",Wang Ying's "Hua E Lou Fu",or ode to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty,or praise the Confucian virtues,showed a distinct sense of classic.As a member of the imperial administration,the Fu-writers showed the consciousness of constructing the empire of the Tang Dynasty,so the "Zhi Dao Fu" was especially prosperous in the Tang Dynasty.The Fu-writers such as Xie Yan's "Shu Sheng Fu",Gu Kuang's "Gao Zu Shou Ming Zao Tang Fu"and so on ode to the emperors.Li Bai-yao's "Zan Dao Fu" warned the prince.Other Fu-writers such as Fan Chuan-zheng,Bai Ju-yi,Liang Qia,Li cheng thought the emperor should listen to advice and appointed moral officials.The Fu-writers such as Yuan Jie,Wang Qi,Wang Qi,suggested the emperor how to be a brilliant emperor.Pan Yan's "Xiang Rui Fu"ode to praise the emperor too.Lvfu was the embodiment of the national will in Tang Dynasty,so from the external form to the inner thought,it showed the close relationship with the Confucian classics.From the shape of the Lvfu,it was often based on the classic,and the title of Lvfu came from the Confucian classics,and also set the rhyming word that ends a complete sentence according to the classics,also constructed the article in accordance with the classics.In addition to priase the empire and emperor,Lvfu also showed a strong desire for the nation and a sense of participation in politics.At the same time,the Lvfu also expressed a keen interest in Confucian moral cultivation.The Fu-writers such as Chang cui's " Liang YuBi Jun Zi Fu",Bai Xing-jian's "Hu Si Shou Qiu Fu",Wu Lian-shu's "Qian Shou Yi Fu",Jing Qian's "She Sun Gao Yong Fu",DuGu Shou's "Yun Yu Qiu Jia Fu",Jiang Fang's "Bu Bao Jin Yu Fu",zheng Bo-yin's "Fu Gui Ru Fu Yun Fu",YongTao's "Xue Ran Hou Zhi Bu Zu Fu",all advocated Confucian morality and ethical.In addition,the Lvfu in the Tang Dynasty also appeared many works onpraising the Confucian classics,which was dedicated to praise Confucian classics of Confucian or Confucian academic activities.The emergence of this phenomenon was a mark that Lvfu in Tang Dynasty close relations with Confucian classics.