The History Of XiaoShan Ci's Reception

Yan Jidao's Xiaoshan Ci has great artistic charm due to his works'true and lasting feelings. So Xiaoshan Ci are enjoyed by people for thousands of years. Xiaoshan Ci has been paid much attention to since Song Dynasty and is regarded as a masterpiece linking together the venation of the development of ancient Chinese Ci study. It becomes classical through the reception of reader. The reason and process is subject of this paper. Based on their achievements, this disquisition discourses upon the process how receptor of the book continuously developed and extended its merit. It is divided into four parts:Part 1:The materials about Xiaoshan Ci are scarcely in Song Dynasty. The Yan Jidao'understanding of Ci center on his works :The author's preface of Xiaoshan Ci .So this part probes into this preface and the understanding about Cihua. And the scholars'opinions about Xiaoshan Ci, including the influence to later people. To see the reception of Xiaoshan Ci in Song Dynasty, finding the Ci most popular among scholars. And the appraises to Xiaoshan Ci center between on Yan jidao's good friends. such as Huang Tingjian's work the preface of Xiaoshan Ci.Part 2: The reception of Xiaoshan Ci in Yuan Dynasty shows the secularize trend. This displays principally the Xiaoshan Ci not only come out scholars'works, but also come out from Yuan notes. Even important, the reader's numbers become very large , changing from the scholars to ordinary people. and have some effect to popular literature. The reception of Xiaoshan Ci in Yuan Dynasty also has a new feature, for example, Yang shen who is a scholar in Ming Dynasty opened a new field about study Xiaoshan Ci by distinguishing and explain the imagoes.Part 3:Qing Dynasty is the period of Ci's prosperity. In this period, brought forward many Ci's schools and scholars .From these ,This part probes into the Yunjianci school, the Zhexici school and the Changzhou Ci school. Through these researches to study the reception of Xiaoshan Ci in Qing Dynasty.Part 4:Qing and Jin Dynasty are summit of Ci. and Ci's study also appears flourishing. This part following the third part issues the receptions through four famous Ci's scholars in Qing anaphase and Jin Dynasty. This part study Xiaoshan Ci receptive history through the different editions and collecting of Ci's groups. In order to show the Xiaoshan Ci research findings in these periods. And more ,recalling the status que of Xiaoshan Ci is receptived by readers from the past till now.