The Development Of Literary Relations In The Northern Song Dynasty And The Changes Of Literary Trends

Wen-Tao relationship, restoration and innovation are opposite and complementary interactions in the course of Chinese literature evolution.Whereas, literary trends is an important aspect of literary development.Wen-Tao relationship and literary trends are intertwined with the development of literature, the two are associated and inseparable.Wen-Tao relation is particularly prominent among the innovative and retro movement of literature. Similarly, different ideas on restoration and innovation can form the literature trend. Furthermore, the evolution of literature is not only affected by the internal factors of literature, but also by external factors, such as factors on social economic, political, cultural, and even ethnic conflicts, as well as the influence of geographical environment. Therefore, based on the restoration and innovation in the development of the literature of Song Dynasty, with the development of Wen-Tao relationship as the main thread, and then, reviewing the entire literature of Northern Song Dynasty from the literature trend, thus three meanings of Confucianism and Taoism are explained.The introduction of the paper are about the research status on Wen-Tao relationship and literature trends. Moreover, by analyzing of the research status, the author obtains the research method.The first chapter is an introduction of the development of Wen-Tao relationship before the Song Dynasty. The germination of Wen Tao relations is closely related to the formation and development of literary concept. In the chaotic state, poem, music and dance are mixed together, the concept of literature, history, and philosophy are not clear. Through the Han Dynasty, the literary concept gradually became clear, from Wei Jin to the southern and Northern Dynasties, the literature was no longer the client of the Confucian classics, and gradually became independent, finally the status of literature had been greatly improved. In the stage when literature concept has not yet formed, the budding of Wen-Tao relations had already appeared in the pre-Qin classics. The "Tao" in the relationship between Wen and Tao is mainly the way of Confucianism. Besides, the meaning of "Tao" was enriched by many people. It can be said that, the relationship between Wen and Tao has always been the concern of ancient and modern scholars.The second chapter is about the literary trend change of the Early Song Dynasty and the deletion and restoration of Wen-Tao tradition. The establishment of the Song Dynasty, and the preferential policy of court to intellectuals enabled the literati to be devoted themselves to literary creation, and ultimately to restore literary prosperity which also prompted the emergence of a great deal of literary trends and literary groups in this period.The third chapter is about the ancient Chinese prose movement’s prosperity and the summary and the peak of Wen-Tao relations in Northern Song Dynasty. During the period of Renzong to Zhezong’s seventy years, because the national politics maintained long-term stable development and literacy level was improved, writings and critics about the Northern Song Dynasty entered a period of prosperity. When Fan Zhongyan was committed to political reform, Ou Yangxiu held up the banner of reform in the field of literature.The fourth chapter is about the rise of the Jiangxi Poetry School, besides, the decline and the transformation of Wen-Tao relations in the late Northern Song Dynasty. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, literature was developed against the background of the domestic troubles and foreign invasions, the political turmoil and repeated factions. When the various kinds of literature gradually developed, after prose and poetry reached their peak, with great masters dies, literature inevitably went downhill.The last part is about the meaning and the scope of "Wen" and "Tao" in this paper. Besides, it contains the internal path through the development of Wen-Tao relationship.