On The Evolution Of The Pre - Qin To Song Songs In The Works Of The Song Dynasty

This paper mainly takes the three classics “Bi ji Man Zhi”, “Tong Zhi * Yue lue”and “Yue Fu Shi Ji” as reference and focuses in the development historyof song that is discussed in them. The research strategy contains three steps, firstly the Song Dynasty Academics’ record on development of song in those three classics is summarized, and then the Song Academics’ standpoint on development of song and how they classify the development phase for song’s history are clarified, in the end the influence factors on development of song from view of Song Dynasty Academics are collected and analyzed. The evolvement of song development is further discussed so as to conclude the historical cognition and significance of Song Dynasty Academics for development of song, and then how the development of song affects the Chinese Music is illuminated.This paper includes three parts: introduction, body and conclusion.The introduction firstly explains the reason for selecting this topic and introduces the research status in this area.The body is comprised of three chapters. The first chapter mainly presents the record of Song Dynasty Academics. The content regarding development of song in the three classics are summarized and presented in origin, and records of other writings in Song Dynasty are also complemented, finally the influence factors involved in all above writings are summarized.The second chapter particularly analyzes the historical motivation for development of song. Based on the work of previous chapter, the influence factors are further analyzed and concluded and it is tried to find the specified factor for development of song, consequently the historical context of development of song from view of influence factors is constructed.The third chapter discusses the significance of each development phase.The conclusion firstly summarizes the ideas of Song Dynasty Academics on development of song, and then compares them with that of official musical writings in other dynasties. The differences are illuminated and deeply discriminated, and ultimately the law of development of song is clarified.