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A Study Of "The Great Spirits" In The Cultural Perspective

Posted on:2015-07-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X J SongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330431480907Subject:Ancient Chinese literature
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The Biography of Hero is the first historical fiction about itself in Ming Dynasty, it tells the story about Zhu Yuanzhang who led heroes creating the Ming Dynasty. This article focuses on Cultural Perspective, in reference to The Biography of Hero on the text, focusing on the cultural meaning. Through multi-cultural studies perspective, hoping to find a more profound understanding about The Biography of Hero, causes academia attention of Cultural Studies. From a structural point of view, the article is divided into four parts.The first part of is to study Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism culture about The Biography of Hero. In troubled times, Confucian cultural connotation with the new changes. Different in the peace, Confucian need a higher capacity requirements. What’s more, the social etiquette of the Confucian tradition have a new understanding. Buddhist culture emerged secular tendency monks alms mixed with fraudulent and semi-mandatory, monks conduct increasingly fallen, even a lustful monk image. Ming Dynasty Taoist cultural prosperity provides a new interpretation of the The Biography of Hero, it’s story originated in the Taoist legend, Most of the main characters from the world of Taoism arrangements.The second part focuses on the military culture reflecting in The Biography of Hero. Different from the previous war novel, The Biography of Hero appears a lot of new firearms, they underestimated the power on the battlefield. In addition to firearms, the soldiers’s bad habit of killing get innovation in early Ming. The emperor and the generals will have a kind of war which is not bloodthirsty, this virtue makes the emperor’s army get the support from majority of people. It is worth noting that The Biography of Hero also describes the field of rare ancient military combat drive beast, like flint and apes appear on the battlefield.The third part discusses the The Biography of Hero in the Anhui local culture. Anhui cultural studies in this article contain the customs of Anhui region also involves the study of Anhui groups and individual. There are different customs in areas north and south of Anhui, Yingzhou folk beliefs, the Buddha of the wind in Chuzhou and Chaohu folk are quite local characteristics. During this period, Anhui groups forge ahead in the trend of the times, and ultimately overthrow the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty, Anhui membership knighted by civil and military power is relatively large. From revolted Fengyang to pacify Bashu, Zhu Yuanzhang formed a unique provincialism in the world in the process of unification.The fourth part resolves the literary achievement in The Biography of Hero. Throughout the The Biography of Hero, it appears in the early development of Chapter novels, it has both a strong history biography color and full of legendary heroes. Meanwhile, it also mix of factors mythical, detective, the world situation novels. In the episode, The Biography of Hero on the Three Kingdoms and Outlaws of the Marsh more than a mimic, imitate some of the more successful. In the specific wording, The Biography of Hero good writing dreams, clever use of odd trillion, fictional illusion, a strong artistic appeal.
Keywords/Search Tags:The Biography of Hero, the View of culture, Confucianism, Buddhism andTaoism, Military culture
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