Textual Researching Of Taoism Fairies In Fiction In Tang Dynasty & The Five Dynasties

Taoism attached much importance on the female and it developed highly in Tang Dynasty & the Five Dynasties. Fairies Collections in YongCheng appeared in this period with the prevailing religious females. We can see countless secular rays from this wonderful collections.In order to let the readers learn Fiction fairies, the text classified Fiction fairies according fairy grade, and area distribution, and story origin, and get-immortality-avenue etc. Then, by analyzing the materials, the text opened out the secular or religionary social phenomena reflected in the fairies stories of that time.The text focuses on the development of the literature and art concerning poetry, and legends, and music, and calligraphy, and painting, and planting etc. The text gave a table of Fiction fairies stories in poetry to narrate the situation of Tang poetry which is the representative of literature in this period. In addition, the literary intelligentsia began to create fiction consciously in Tang Dynasty. The text illustrated the transition of fiction by displaying the different forms of several fairies stories. At the end of this chapter, the text described social tribulations reflected by fairies stories.The text is based on the character and development of Taoism and the relationship of Taoism and Confucianism and Buddhism as well, which involves theencouragement of monachism, and the influence of authority on Taoism etc.Studying fairies stories in this period helps us know ideas and customs and social situation and Taoism state.