Confucianists' Debate And Studies On Introduction To Poetry In Song Dynasty

Studies on the Book of Poetry in Song dynasty was anotherpeak after Tang dynasty, the main characteristics is: Thestudies in Song dynasty raised questions on doubtful pointsabout the studies on the book of poetry of Han and Tang dynasty,made an explanation to the Book of Poetry by using argumentation,tried to extract the original meaning of the Book of Poetry,so as to regain the original appearance of the Book of Poetry.The outstanding manifestations were: The trend of thoughts ofdoubting about the old books soared to unprecedented heights.Since Beisong Scholars Ouyang Xiu and Su Zhe doubted aboutIntroduction to Poetry and started a disapprobation, a long andheated debate between the factions of abandoning and keepingIntroduction to poetry has opened, including the debate betweenone side (Zhenjiao, Wang Zhi) and the other side(FanChuyi, Cheng Dachang)and so on. Up to the period of Zhuxi andLv Zuqian The Collection Of Poems Spreads and Read Poem ToRecord that gathered together all thoughts that were good cameout, and formed more complete research system, also thesuccessors went forward along the different directions. Thecommon efforts of two sides precipitated the final maturity andpattern of the thought of Studies on poetry, promotedeffectively the development and progress of studies on the Bookof Poetry. This paper expounds the Confucianists' debate andstudies on Introduction to Poetry, presents the success andfailure, continuation and innovation of Confucian scholars inSong dynasty in this course, protrudes cultural status andhistorical influence.