A Research Of Liu Zongyuan's Political Thoughts And Prose Creation

Through the research of Liu Zongyuan's political thoughts, literal declaration and prose creation, This text tries to carry on an objective evaluation about "the sport of classic prose's renew in mid-Tang" and Liu Zongyuan's historical position in the literary circles in Tang Dynasty.In the first, I regard the social background of the sport of Confucianism's renew in mid-Tang as commence, then I'll comb the difference between HanYu and LiuZongyuan's political thoughts, and analysis the difference of their comprehension on the declaration of "loading truth by prose", thus to define their historical contribution to the sport of classic prose's renew during the Tang-Sung Dynasty.Because Liu Zongyuan's prose creations closely related to his political thoughts, I launch a discussion by the way that combine the author's experience together with the contents of his works. To display the author's soul process in the recalled period at Yongzhou and Liuzhou, through the analysis of the achievement in his creations of Scenery prose, GuFu and LvFu, miscellaneous essay, parable and biography. And to announce the special value of his classic prose, through the discovery of the political ideal and life consciousness in his literature creationsI think Liu Zongyuan's prose could spread to the future generations, not only because the artical value the works have originaly, but also lie in the earnest affection and deep thought in his prose, this is relevant with his special experience in politics. In as long as 14 yearsly of exiled life, Liu Zongyuan put all of his comprehension to Dao into the literature creations, this text emphasized on the track of the development of his thought during the recalled period: one is the persistence to his political ideal in the sad circumstances, another is the deep thinking to individual life in the desolate mood.