Taoist Ritual And Literature Of Song Dynasty

Ritual collectively refers to Taoist rites and magic arts.Taoism is a field worth to explore in the study of the relationship between religion in China and literature.In the current research on the relationship between Taoism and literature,there is less research on the interaction between Taoist ritual and literature.The Song Dynasty was a critical period for the flourishing and development of Taoist ritual.Later generations of ritualis basically not out of the Song Dynasty category.As subjects and contentsof writings the ritual activities of Taoist themselves,related nouns scenes,and fairy magic etc.which opened up the sights of traditional literature.The Taoist ritual,which combined with politics and folklore,also constitutes the field of literature.The literary in this kind of field also brings the branding of this era,politics and religion.Therefore,starting from the unique perspective of Taoist ritual helps build and restore the real literary ecology of the Song Dynasty.When the eyes went deep into the ritual itself,various genres used in the ritual showed a new style in the Song Dynasty under the efforts of the scholars inside and outside the Taoism.Infiltrated with other various genres and the development of new changes also constitutes an important part of the Song Dynasty literature.In addition,as an important nouns the artifacts used in the ritual,entered the literature,also added some novelty to the Song Dynasty literature.Chapter1:Interactive mode of Taoist ritual and literature in Song Dynasty.The use of Taoist ritual as an entry point for observing the Song Dynasty literature is a new idea that is different from previous studies.Therefore,we should research the interaction between them in order to lay the theoretical foundation for the entire topic.Chapter2:"Sacred Book Affair "in the Northern Song Dynasty and creation of Emperor Song Zhenzong and his ministers."Sacred Book Affair "in the period of the Northern Song Dynasty was a social an d cultural activity directed by Emperor Song Zhenzong.He directed it in order to prov e the divine right of Kings.This activity relied on Taoism,it had important influences to social cultural and Literary creation these days.This chapter revisits the creation of Emperor Song Zhenzong and his ministers from the perspective of Taoism rituals,explains its connotations of religion,culture,and rituals,then reassesses its value in the history of literature,and explores the mentality of literatus in this incident and their literary expression.Chapter 3:Officials' Literati political situation and ancestor worshiping writing under the influence of Taoism rituals.Living in a Taoist temple,manage a Taoist temples and pray rituals are three political activities that connect with Taoism rituals.They represented three kinds of politicians who were favored by the literati,stayed away from the political center and handled local affairs.On the basis of studying the religious connotations and political connotations of these political festivals and sacrifices,examine how the literati under the double influence of political situation and religious atmosphere express themselves through literature.chapter 4:The literary creation of the ritual of HuangLu in the Southern Song Dynasty:Taking Yi Jianzhi as the center.Taking HuangLu stories in Yi Jianzhi as the center to research the literary creation of the ritual of HuangLu in the Southern Song Dynasty.Starting from these stories and study the narrative model,the new plot and the characteristics of the times.There are inner relationships between these three chapters.On the one hand,they correspond to the three different strata of king,citizens and literati.On the other hand,these three chapters include different literary styles such as poetry,words,literary,and novels in the Song Dynasty.These three chapters strive to show the true appearance of the literary and Taoist rituals in Song Dynasty.chapter 5:Applied texts for praising in Daoist rituals-centered on the dreamland rhyme.The dreamland rhyme is a kind of Applied texts for praising,it's widely known by literati.Study from the perspective of music first,try to find its musical origin and the procedure how it contact with secular music and Ci music in Tang and Song Dynasty.Then,in the context of the prosperity of Daoist rituals in the Song dynasty,revisit the formal and variant forms of the dreamland rhyme in the field of its literary creation,and the connotation of the Pacing the Void in Song Dynasty poetry.Chapter 6:The official texts in Taoist rituals—centered on Qing CiQing Ci is the representative of the official texts in Taoist rituals,which created most by literati.Inspect its origin,style,development process,and the literary process in the Song Dynasty.And through the cases of Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty and Zhengde Xiu in the Southern Song Dynasty,this article analyzes the influence of the literati writing orn the aesthetic and philosophical aspects of this style.Chapter 7:Explaining the Names of Taoist nouns the artifacts used in the ritual-Taking "Yunao","Jiuzhi lamp" and "Jinlong Yujian" as examples.This chapter focus on the formation of the three Taoist nouns of Yunao,Jiuzhi lamp,and Jinlong Yujian,and their religious and cultural significance.Then through the physical,the image and the literary record of mutual reference,analysis its literary connotation.These three chapters start the research from the ritual itself,try to find the literary value of Taoist applied texts and nouns,since they are two important parts of ritual.Through these three chapters,the literary value in the Taoist ritual itself can be reassessed,which has been neglected.