A Study On The Yuan 's Yuan - Zhen In The Wei - Jin And Southern Dynasties From The View Of History

Chenjun Yuan’s family was a distinguished family during Han, Jin and Southern Dynasties.The family was good at maintaining its good position by restraint. Therefore they stood erect for almost 400 years. In the meantime, Chenjun Yuan’s family were also study Confucian classics and history, and pass them from generation to generation. Therefore, the family members were greatly affected by loyalty, filial piety, chastity and righteousness of Confucian ideology. So Chenjun Yuan’s family has become a force to be reckoned with and played a positive role in politics. Chenjun Yuan’s family were also famous for their preeminent cultural achievement and became a typical culture family. Based on this, the thesis selects Chenjun Yuan’s family which recieves little attention among academic circles as a research subject. Aiming at other theses concentrates on literature, the author discourses upon the point from the aspects of origin, family tree, prefecture locations, family study and style and achievements on Confucian classics and History.The first chapter analysis the origin of the family name of Chen and the evolution of Chenjun. The family name of Chen is heir of the founding father of the State of Chen, named Guiman. Its first ancestor was Yuan Taotu, a childe of the State of Chen. The family name of Chen belong to the type of regarding their maiden name as family name. Yuan’s family live in Chenjun generation by generation. Runan Yuan’s family, as a famous branch, have an important influence.The second chapter analysis Chenjun Yuan’s lineage. At this point, the thesis determines to make up main threads of the affair on family tree, correct mistakes and make a clear diagram.The third chapter discusses family study and style of Chenjun Yuan’s family. Chenjun Yuan’s family studied Confucian classics and history, and pass them from generation to generation. In the meantime, in order to adapt to the current of time and maintain the position and fame of family, they had to devote themselves to metaphysics. Therefore, syncretizing Confucianism and metaphysics has been the family study and style of Chenjun Yuan’s Family.The fourth chapter discusses clan works of Chenjun Yuan’s family. The thesis synthetically discusses their works, verify Yuan Zhun’s Sang Fu Jing Zhuan and Yuan Zi Zheng Lun and focus on Yuanhong’s Hou Han ji.At last, the thesis makes a conclusion and synthetically discusses Chenjun Yuan’s family as a typical culture family.In a way, the thesis contribute to compensate for the origin of the family name of Chen,lineage and cultural achievement on Confucian classics and history of Chenjun Yuan’s family in the academic circles.