On The Study Of The Book Of Songs By Wen Yiduo

Generalize about Wen Yiduo's life, the most classic and the most commonly method can be divided into "poets, scholars, and democratic fighter" three phases. Scholars is the longest period in his life, the shortest period is fighter. As a scholar, Wen Yiduo has achieved irreplaceable achievement in classical literature research. Focus on his study of The Book of Songs, unlike other scholars, the empirical research method of qing dynasty was combined with western human culture, sociology, folklore, the aesthetic research method, formed its unique cultural interpretation and critical methods,was followed by the later scholars. This paper intends to discourse Wen Yiduo's The Book of Songs' study comprehensive and systemly, discusses the unique significance on the study of The Book of Songs and the methodology which Wen Yiduo created.The thesisis divided into three parts.Chapter one summarized the academic background about The Book of Songs study in the first fifty years of 20th century.On the hand, General introduced several scholors in The Book of Songs'study who has outstanding contributions on this aspect. By LuXun,HuShi,Gu Jiegang and Zhu Ziqing as example to probe into the important ideological trends in The Book of Songs' study in the first fifty years of 20th century. Wen Yiduo's study in The Book of Songs finished in this context, the research content and the methods of academic inevitably affected by academic thoughts in this time.Chapter two mainly discussed WenYiduo's definition to the poems and the evaluation about the status of The Book of Songs. This chapter has inovative because few studies fouse on this content. Wen Yiduo explore the source of the poetry development.He thinks that "Poem" and "Song" has different development road, and the poetry has the function of both narrative and lyrical. The Book of Songs is generated by the original lyric songs combined together with the poem which main characteristic is a lyricism. About the source of the poetry, according to the ancient records and the annotation to the word "Shi" by the scholars in han dynasty, Wen Yiduo proved that "Shi" and "Zhi" is one word. "Zhi" has three represent significances which represents three main stages on the way of the poetry development. This significances are memory, record and express feelings.This is a groundbreaking and inventiveness view. Wen Yiduo thinked that The Book of Songs in a high position play an emportant role in the long history of ancient China. Gave The Book of Songs with extremely high opinion.Chapter three is the academic summary of the methodology of Wen Yiduo's study in The Book of Songs. In his study, traditional literature research methods combined with the western modern scientific research method. This Chapter divided into six sections: The first part analyses the study methods of Classical linguistics of China. In Wen Yiduo's The Book of Songs'study. Wen Yiduo do a lot of jobs on the word, phonological exegetical and exegesis of The Book of Songs. This research is inherited from rigorous research method of QianJia School of qing dynasty. Doing the research on the words in The Book of Songs, Wen Yiduo used the method of systematic comparison. Wen Yiduo always follow the principle of "The same pronunciation caused the common sense", so in his works abusing "TongZhuan" are Often seen. The second part analyses from the linguistics angle. Wen Yiduo using the the drawing of poetic language to interpret the the chapters in The Book of Songs. The interpretation of the passages in The Book of Songs is aesthetic creation in sight of the language. This is different from other Scholars in the study of The Book of Songs. Tt's mainly discussed using the western modern scientific research methods to study The Book of Songs from the third part to the fifth part. The third part takes an academic summarize about the reading methods of Literature Combining with the Aesthetics in Wen Yiduo's study. The fourth part expounds the view that the study of Wen Yiduo is reference from cultural anthropology. Wen Yiduo marked the multi-level, perspectives, and comprehensive analysis on The Book of Songs from folklore, religion, mythology, totem, reproduction worship and so on, thus make cultural anthropology research of The Book of Songs stage to consciously from the enlightening. Traditional literature research methods combined with the western modern scientific research methods, formed the Wen Yiduo's new exegesis study method in his classical literature research. The fifth part takes an accademic summarize about the the definition on the new exegesis. The sixth part is conclusion, it expounds the view that the later generations inheriting from the Wen Yiduo's study methodology of The Book of Songs. Fully affirmed that Wen Yiduo's The Book of Songs'study play an important role in the history of the study of The Book of Songs.