Salt Merchant Zheng Family Literary And Cultural Activities

Ming and Qing Dynasties, the social status of merchants have been very greatly improved, completely above the "farmer"and "worker" , much encroaching upon the first class - "Scholars" .In particular, those salt businessmen of Yangzhou area had a great impact to libteral because of their "Confucianism as well". The Zheng family is even more of Yangzhou was the earliest most famous , not only in the local political, economic and cultural level have a decisive influence, but also influence spread to next generations, directly open later when the Kangxi and Qianlong of Yangzhou two MA, two-way Salt and other famous literary scholar, cultural activities precedent. Therefore, the central task of this paper, the family focus of the Zheng family, Zheng Yuanxun study:The first chapter introduces the Zhengyuan Xun's family origins, the Zheng family is divided into two generations, started out with salt, both commercial and Confucianism generation, as well as several generations of prominent persons three parts, and from the Zheng family external and internal start, scholars repeatedly on the Zheng family (also from the business income persons) of the reasons were analyzed. External factors include "persons" advantage; official business under the standard of social inhibition. Internal factors within the family is mainly reflected in the training on Zheng.Chapter II were from Zheng Yuanxun literary point of view, selecting text, drama theory, writing poetry and other literary exchange activities conducted on the Zheng Yuanxun more in-depth research. On Zhengyuan Xun advocated "cultural" Literature Appreciation and select the text was presented, and explore their causes; while the main text from the self-entertainment and injustice of the two angles Zhengyuan Xun's literary analysis that its essence is "cultural" concept embodies.After the third chapter of Qing Zheng family has handed down a major literary corpus was relatively cursory discussion, this chapter is divided into literary creation and exchange of other literature. Focus on literary activities, divided into "pleased to be asked," the hermit as outlined Zheng Xia; delay self-entertainment of the idle music Ji Zheng Xi outline; gentle gentleman Zheng Heng outlined.On the last part I, is the full text of the macro. Divided into three parts: First, Zheng Clan basic trend of literary analysis that scholars from the generous enterprise Zheng to the trend of gentle tranquil; second is brilliant and the reasons for Zheng Clan - The merchants started to Code of Confucianism; 3 is represented by Zheng Salt Clan literary significance, contribution and impede the formation of the negative effects of capitalism.