Research On Ma Duanlin’s Study On The Book Of Songs In Wen-hsien T’ung-k’ao

The traditional study of The Book of Songs changes when it comes to the intersection of Tang and Song Dynasties, there has been major disagreement about saving and advocating or deserting "the Preface and Principle of the Book of Songs" and the "Yin-Poem" in Han/Song Study System. In the academic environment which most of people were respecting Zhu Xi "Collected Commentaries on the Book of Songs(Shi-ji Zhuan)" and there was little objection to that, Ma Duanlin proposed the different view to the Book of Songs in the "Study on the Book of Songs in Wen-hsien T’ung-K’ao".Different from Zhu Xi logical thinking of mutual certification when deserting "the Preface and Principle of the Book of Songs", Ma Duanlin proved that deserting "the Preface and Principle" could not be established from the way in which how Kong/Meng analyzed "the Books of Songs". In the meanwhile, Ma Duanlin criticized the statement of deserting "the Preface and Principle of the Book of Songs" from the perspectives of Styles, reader’s acceptance, textual interpretation recognition-practice contrary and so on, and then established the view that "the Preface and Principle of the Book of Songs" should be insisted and advocated.Ma Duanlin also made some comments on the "Yin-Poem" at the same time when advocating saving the "the Preface and Principle of the Book of Songs". From the purpose of poetry writing, poetry interpretation method, and "the Book of Songs" function argument, he denied the criticism towards some part of "the Book of Songs" by Song Confucians, and washed away the name of this part of the poem "Yin-Poem" in some degree.As an integral part of the "Jing-Ji k’ao of Wen-hsien T’ung-K’ao", the forms of the catalogue and abstract which Ma Duanlin created in "Study on the Book of Songs in Wen-hsien T’ung-K’ao" were various. These catalogue and abstract in "Study on the Book of Songs in Wen-hsien T’ung-K’ao" which Ma Duanlin created through synthesizing and compositing the others’viewpoints was of more important value.Above a number of important issues, Ma Duanlin held the same viewpoint in the "Study on the Book of Songs in Wen-hsien T’ung-K’ao" compared with Han Confucians, which made him should be classified into the Han System. Inside the essence of speculative spirit,"Study on the Book of Songs in Wen-hsien T’ung-K’ao" was in the same way of Song Confucians, which made him should be attributed to the Song System.In a conclusion, Ma Duanlin’s "Study on the Book of Songs in Wen-hsien T’ung-K’ao" Played an important role in the history of the Book of Songs by having a comprehensive view and a unique perspective.