The Development Of The Story Of Fanli And Xishi And Research On Its Culture Meaning

The story of Fanli and Xishi derived from the war between Wu and Yue. With the changing times, the story also constantly evolved. In the pre-Qin period, the description of Fanli and Xishi was appeared in the prose of philosophers. In those articles, Fanli was a minister of both talent and virtue, and Xishi was a beauty of moving appearance. And Fanli participated in the war, but Xishi didn’t. Fanli had no relationship with Xishi at that time. In the Han Dynasty,"Yue Jue Shu" firstly connected Fanli with Xishi together, and their story began to form. In the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, under thought of immortals influence, Fanli’s and Xishi’s images were deified and full of spectral color in the mystery novels such as "Qiong Guai Lu" and "Bo Wu Zhi" and so on. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, Fanli and Xishi became the objects of literati expressing their individual emotions. Many works describe and comment Fanli and Xishi from different angles. In the zaju of Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the story of Fanli and Xishi produced constant changes, especially Xishi. From the positive image to the negative image, Xishi became the derogatory object in the plays by literati. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the story of Fanli and Xishi was pushed to the peak by dramas and novels. The legendry, such as "Huan Sha Ji" and "Dao Huan Sha", one plotted Fanli and Xishi falling in love for the first time and shaped Xishi the image of heroine, the other rewrite the story of Fanli and Xishi of "Huan Sha Ji". Althought the "Dao Huan Sha" followed the plots of "Huan Sha Ji",the theme was different from "Huan Sha Ji" The zaju, like "Wu Hu You", described Fanli and Xishi boating lake, and "Fu Xishi" described Xishi was submerged in the lake by Fanli and died. The novel of "Dong Zhou Lie Guo Zhi" complete showed the story of Fanli and Xishi. And the novle of "Dou Peng Xian Hua" deconstructed the story of Fanli and Xishi of the classical literature from the different aspects. After chants and creations by literati of each dynasty, the story of Fanli and Xishi finally became one of the most well-know history stories. The creations of the story of Fanli and Xishi by the person in different periods had different emphases. The talent and virtue of pre-Qin period, astrology of Qin and Han Dynasties, deification of Wei and Jin Dynasties, ending of Tang and Song Dynasties and criticism of Ming and Qing Dynasties, all of them,had a close relationship with the atmosphere of the times and the authors themselves. Peoplepay attention to the fate of Fanli and Xishi and comment them also mean expressions on thelives and human nature.