Chang Qu Huayang "of Political Thought And Historiography Thinking Research

Hun Yang Guo Zhi (or the Historical Records of Hun Yang District), witten by Chang Qu, a distinguished historian during Wei-Jin Dynasties, is the earliest local chronicles of extanting which specially records the ancient history, geography and historical figures of South-West China. Thanks to its compact and well-organized structure, substantial content and reliably historical materials, the famous historical work deserves the highly values from the scholars of past ages. Furthermore, it reflects not only Chang Qu great learning ,but also his profound ideas. This thesis aims to explore and analyze the author political and historical ideas through the book Hun Yang Guo Zhi combining with some relatively underground cultural relics and the researches of the scholars of successive dynasties. The whole article falls into three parts. The lust part systematically expounds Chang Qu political attitude through upholding the country unity of his, paying great attention to the ideas of the root of the people, confering honours on the people with high ideals and propagandizing morals and achieving formal enlighten by education; the second part sets forththe author historical ideas systematically through his gist of seeking the truth, making a distinction between state and category, puffing emphasis on economy .. technology and folkways to study the history when he wrote the book; the last part is surplus comment that summarizes the whole thesis in short. Through Chang Qu political and historical ideologies, we can touch the profound meaning ,and the characteristics of the times from ancient tlines to the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Hua Yang district, special Ba Shu district ,and the feelings of the scholars of Wei-Jin period recorded in Hua Yang Guo Zhi through Chang qu special lights,thus deeply realize the historical orbits of forming his ideas and the histarical values of Hua Yang Guo Zhi.