A Exegetical Study On Lishan's Annotation About Wenxuan

In all the explanatory texts which are preserved today, Lishan's Annotation of Wenxuan is the earliest and the most completed one. It is also the first work of exegesis by quotation manner. The quotation type exegesis achieves the purpose of explaining by running down the headstream of sentences. Lishan annotates Wenxuan in many aspects in the way of exegesis from the literary quotations, the word's meanings, the sentences, the material things, the rhetoric styles, the superscriptions, the emendation. The book has a high academic achievement. It is not only the necessary reference on Wenxuan's study, but a significant document in the history of exegesis subject. However, when researching Lishan's annotations on Wenxuan, the academic circles usually pay much attention to the study of traditional subject and seldom make a deep study of exegesis terms. Taking Wenxua Zhu as the object to study, this thesis probes into its contents, glossary, characteristics, achievements, and inadequacy in the aspect of exegesis. In this way, this thesis is in an attempt to give a fairly overall description and a correct evaluation. It also aims to provide a reference to the study of the quotation type exegesis.This thesis enter on synchronic and diachronic levels with the methods of statistics, summarize, contrast, and description. On the one hand, the paper summarizes Lishan'annotation use the method of statistics, and make appropriate comment on the basis of description. In this way, it is in an attempt to give objective, informative, scientific reflection. On the other hand, the paper makes a comparison and contrast with Wuchen's annotation and other's explanation what Lishan have quoted, and analyses the characters about Lishan'annotation. It is also analyses the reason of the quotation type's appearance on the basis of writer-centered. In the end, the thesis summarizes Lishan's huge achievement and shortage in the history of exegesis subject.The dissertation contains five chapters:In chapter one and chapter two, the dissertation describes the exegetical contents, and divides the contents into sixty aspects: annotate literary quotations, note pronunciation, differentiate and analyze the characters, explain the words'meaning, explain the sentences, explain material things and institutions, clarify the rhetoric styles, analyze article styles, explain the superscriptions, emendation, depict the article byelaws, mark off the section, keep old styles, add information, make out the quotation derivation, analyze different views, and give examples to analyze and illuminate.In chapter three, the dissertation analyses the exegesis technical terms Lishan has used. These sixty-five technical terms is divided into twenty-three types, and then concludes these twenty-three types into ten species: the terms of note pronunciation, the terms of differentiate and analyze the characters , the terms of explain the words'meaning, the terms of explain the sentences, the terms of clarify the rhetoric styles, the terms of preserve different views, the terms of emendation, the terms of leave a question open, the terms of depict the article byelaws, and the multifunctional terms. In chapter four, the dissertation analyses Wenxuan Zhu's exegesis characters from Lishan's exegesis spirit, the choice of note point, and the source of the exegesis quotation manner. The article byelaws directly embodies Lishan's exegesis spirit. Concretely, it concludes the explain principle which narrate but no indite, strict writing byelaw, objective exegesis attitude, and the exegesis spirit which choose and follow what is right. To different from normal exegesis points which choose of difficult words, sentences and paragraph, Lishan is lead to choose the deeply revealed artistic conception exegesis points which need trace to the source. There are three reasons about exegesis quotation manner's form: Firstly, it is decided by the article characters about Wenxuan; Secondly, the development of former exegesis and a large number of existent literature in Tang dynasty has provided an objective condition for Lishan'writing; Thirdly, Lishan's scientific background, his profound learning and studious study spirit is the subjective conditions for the accomplishment of Wenxuan Zhu.In chapter five, the dissertation summarizes the huge achievement and existent shortage of Lishan's annotation. Lishan's annotation has three contributions: Firstly, it makes an annotation for Wenxuan, which stays on the peak scholarship for thousands of years; Secondly, it makes a huge achievement for exegesis subject; Thirdly, it is useful for the collection and compilation, collation. Beside the exegesis of quotation manner's limitations and Lishan's quotation has too many trivial details sometimes, Lishan's quotation also have the common faults the exegetes often make, like interpret without real understanding, ignorance of Lianmian-words, misunderstanding phonetics changes, etc.