A Study Of Mencius' Reading Notes

In the Qing dynasty is the heyday of Mencius study development, both in terms of doctrine, textual research and prose and verse, great achievements have been made. The formation of such success, is due to the influence of politics, economy, culture, etc, also cannot leave the previous Mencius study research foundation, at the same time also inevitably Confucian thoughts by Qing dynasty, the imperial examination system, and the boom of The Four Books push. Therefore, from the academic level, Mencius study flourishing in the Qing dynasty has a specific background.In this specific background, research on Qing dynasty Mencius study writings of abundant, high quality and the characteristics of the master. However, even so, in the voluminous Mencius study monograph in the Qing dynasty, focusing on the study of literature writing is still limited. And in time, before, during and post about, no highs and lows. This shows our literature work not only is one of the few in number, and in each period are not getting enough attention. Even though, these achievements is, in fact is commendable. Because in the past dynasties, the research devoted to the study of Confucian classics,literature works is almost very rare, although the Song, Ming are individual studies "Mencius" work involved, but little effect. Because of this, the Qing Dynasty on Literary Studies on Mencius works must be given enough attention, also seems more pioneering and necessity.Zhou Renqi’s "Mencius reading method recorded" is very prominent in the study of Mencius literary. Not only that, for the "Mencius" research, the author almost ues his whole life energy to study it.He is the leader of the studies in doctrine textual research and prose and verse in the Qianlong period scholars who is studying Mencius works.At present, the academic circles have not studied this aspect,so this paper study attempts to conduct a comprehensive system of that book, in order to be able to do what little one can to help study in Mencius study.This article basically can be divided into the following five parts:The first part is the introduction, introduces the general situation of Chinese dynasties for "Mencius" research, the reason and significance of the topic of thesis, and then points out the academic research for the status and the method of the book.The second part is the introduction of "Mencius reading method recorded", including the life and academic standard of Zhou Renqi, the context of the book, compilation and version, so that readers can have a general understanding for the book.The third part is the literature research of this book, including the studies of author in the sentence, word, syntax application and writing skills, artistic style and other aspects in the long-term research. these results have reference significance for the time and the modern article writing.The fourth part is about the theory research of this book, including the concept of justice and benefit, human nature,and so on.The fifth part is the textual research of this book, which relates to the deep study of "Mencius" in phonology, system, astronomy, geography, music,historical facts and other aspects.The fifth part is the conclusion for the value and the insufficiency about this book in summarize, which is helpful for us to make correct evaluation ofthe influence and status about the book and the author in history.In a word, Zhou’"Mencius reading method recorded" provides a good way for us to study the development of Qing Dynasty "Mencius" science, is a rare studies on Mencius book, worthy of full attention.