A New Ancient River: The Basic Thread Of The Impact Of Chinese Classical Literature On Zhou Zuoren

The influence of Chinese classical literature on Zhou Zuoren and his essays appears to be linear. From the dimension of time, the former dating back to the "Book of Songs" and later pushed to the Qing Dynasty notes, there is an alarming state of overlap between the development curve of Chinese classical literature and the development thread of Zhou Zuoren's life and creations.This paper is divided into seven chapters: Chapter 1 explains, the "people" thinking of "The Book of Songs" prompted Zhou Zuoren to contribute many opinions to the literature revolutionary taking place in the early 20th century, such as "people's Literature" and "civilians' Literature" which made a far-reaching impact. Chapter 2 tries to inspect how did "Analects" make Zhou Zuoren talk passionately about literature revolutionary and current event before the 1930s, and then become an excuse for being depressed after the 1930s. Chapter 3 describes how did the spirit "be aware of not success but still work hard" which was embodied in the essays written by Zhuge Liang become the main source of Zhou Zuoren's impulsive, aggressive thinking in May 4th period. Chapter 4 explains the reason why Zhou Zuoren had two temperaments, "traitor" and "hermit",is that he followed Tao Yuanming who is peaceful and leisurely, while Zhuge Liang's spirit made a tremendous impact on him;and then it inspects how did Zhou Zuoren begin his hermit life like Tao while the influence of Zhuge Liang disappeared. Chapter 5 discusses how did Zhou Zuoren take Yan Zhitui's "keep alive in troubled times" as excuses for his depression and revolt against Chinese government. Chapter 6 explains the source of Zhou Zuoren's literature theory,"writing not for sense but emotion",is his criticism of the eight masters of Tang and Song Dynasty and Tongcheng,and admiration for Gongan and Jingling. In Chapter 7,there is a summary of Zhou Zuoren's attitude to "well-fish" which appeared in the the Qing Dynasty notes. Finally, in conclusion, summed up the basic thread of the impact of Chinese classical literature on Zhou Zuoren.