Study Of The Early Han Liang Yuan Literati Groups

At the beginning of Western Han Dynasty , Wen emperor, Jing emperor inherited the enfeoffment system and enfeoffed the same surname sons. Various seigneurs recruited the scholars neatened the all of the various schools of thought and wrote the odes, forming the different academic group. There were many famous literary writers around Liu Wu ,the king of Liang seigneur, for example: Zou Yang, Mei Cheng, Sima Xiangru, Zhuang Ji, Yang Sheng, Gongsun Gui, Ding Kuan, Han Anguo and so on. This paper takes this community as an object, and has done a quite comprehensive research. This paper is divided into four parts.Part one, the reason of the Liang Yuan literature group formed. The first is the political background and rich material conditions. The second is the policy Liu Wu took to give favoured treatment to the scholars. The last is the renewal of recruiting the scholars in the Warring Period.Part two, the Liang Yuan literature group. Firstly, the paper makes a textual criticism of the time when the members came to Liang Yuan. Secondly, the paper discusses the time that the Liang Yuan literature group took shape. The Liang Yuan literature group existed about nine years from BC.153 to BC.144.Part three, the creation characteristic of Liang Yuan literature. From the articles, the language style and the structure, they had the style of zongheng. From the content, they all had obviously "honor the Han Dynasty " consciousness, had the approval to Han Dynasty's universal situation. When the Liang Yuan literature group relaxed, they created one kind of short, four words odes of chanting object.Part four, the value and influence of the Liang Yuan literature. Firstly, it is a transition literature. Secondly, the influencing of the Liang Yuan odes. Qifa and zisu fu were the highest level of Liang Yuan, and were also the highest achievement of Han Dynasty literature. It had the profound influence to the Han Dynasty. At last, it is the source of the later scholar group.