Lao She's Novel And Confucian Culture

For quite a long period,researchers have viewed Laoshe as a critic and emphasize the fact he strongly criticize the old world and traditional culture.Nevertheless,Laoshe has never denied the "excellent factors"in chinese tradition and culture.These factors are also the main arteryin his novels.From(The philosophy of Lao Zhang),this has never been stopped.Until now,these excellent cultural factors are still instilling our minds and thoughts.The excellent culture which is derived from(Book of changes) has subtle effect on so many Chinese Scholars,such as confucious and Lao she.It has also infiltrated the lif and blood of Chinese people.All the cultural factors,including the sense of ungency,the chivalrous spirit of confucious,health care for justice,etc,best manifest the inheritance and development of Lao she to the confucian culture.Introduction:Embodiment of Confucianism Spirit in Laoshe's NovelsWhat is expected to be illuminated firstly in the chapter is the rich cultural connotation in his writing,which also turns out to be the right reason for the persistent study of his works.The next point refers to the universality and uniqueness of Laoshe's cultural sense.As the nation's spiritual treasure,traditional Chinese culture, with its great vitality,has been nurturing Chinese civilization from generation to generation and celebrities of all past dynasties made many efforts to inherit it in their won ways.Laoshe,one of them,developed his own special taste of the culture in his unique social and cultural background.This is just where the necessity of choosing this topic lies.Chapter One:Embodiment of the Confucianism spirit in his literature1.A sense of crisisBehind the great humour in his writings,Lao She's endless concern about the country and the people is poured out.He witnessed miseries of the Chinese nation,the ignorance and stubbornness of the populace and the misfortunes of life in the 20th century.The explorations of the national revival and the path to rich and powerful nation are fully contained in the novels of Philosophy of Lao Zhang,Zhao Ziyue and Two Horses in the 1920s,and Crescent moon and Rickshaw Boy in the 1930s.And the sense of crisis runs down through his work Family of Four Generations.2.Prize the spirit of incessantly blazeFrom "me" in(the Cresent Moon)to "Xiangzi" in(a carnal of Xiangzi) the author tried to describe the dark society before liberation,minor characters from the low class hard life and their fighting character by using vivid expression.From the difference between his thoughts,and the spiritual fight after strike,from "me" who doesn't follow fate and is brave to fight,All this best manifest the research of Laoshe to the spirit of incessantly blaze.3.The chivalrous spirit of ConfucianComplement of Confucian and chivalry is one aspect of the Chinese traditional culture.It can be showed by the characteristic features and spiritual qualities of some Buddhism。It also represents complement of the mutually cultural and public culture. As we all know Lao she was not a writer of chivalry narration,but he could absorb the spiritual resources in traditional culture of chivalry which was put into creation as well as expression of arts.He used to follow the culture of refined and popular to show his strong cultural ideal and pursue the spirit.4.The magnificent feat of laying down one's life for justiceThe death view of Lao She is closely connected with the social mission,the traditional integrity of "better to die in glory than live in disorder" is his spiritual pillar. "Poem can express 'Zhi'"."Zhi" here refers to "feelings".Any writer who is in literary creation is always transferring his subjective feelings into his works.Actually, most of Laoshe's works have been related to the theme—death and many characters in this theme have reflected the author's understanding of death.The main manifestation of death is "die to achieve virtues" and "a scholar prefers death to humiliation" which are promoted by the Confucian culture.This theme is expressed strikingly in those artistic characters as well as the author himself.5.The female view in the novel of LaosheDeeply affected by the family culture embodied in the traditional culture,Lao She pointed out that "the traditional culture should be sieved by the sieve.Only the gold can be left after the dust gone." Owing to this spirit,Lao She created many female characters and among whom the traditional female of good wife and loving mother are praised;the autocratic harsh evil women are despised;the so-called modern girl who are always trendy are satirized.All those are showing a specific female aesthetic view.Chapter Two:Laoshe and the Origin of Confucian culture1.Geographical and cultural sentimentsLao She was born in Peking and Grews up in the bottom of Beiping.Beiping block are so unforgettable homeland Laoshe,Emotionally difficult to let go,At the depths of consciousness difficult to forget.Beiping people's daily life and society the Confucian idea of cultural integration,become the source for Laoshe to accepted Confucian culture.2.Confucious ideal personalityBecause of the special family background and experience,compared with the contemporary intelligency,Lao She's perception of Confucious culture is less extreme in mood.Although he had disposed the scar of old culture,he also afirmed sincerely that for the past we shouldn't deny that our literary level was very high and there was no scorn on Chinese culture in the world history.Just for this Lao She can integary traditional culture,especially the essence of Confucian culture with personal character naturally.3.Under the control of the selection of Chinese and Western cultureLao She is experiencing the conflict of Chinese and Western culture Writer.on the basis of comparison between Chinese and Western cultures,He consciously in a range of traditional and modern,both critical,and the integration of cultural moderation of care perspective,Beginning his explored in the core value of Confucian culture.