The Study Of Clan Literature Of The Yang Family In Tang Dynasty

The Yang Family is one of the important gentries in Tang Dynasty. Its surname camefrom the surname of Ji, which was born in Zhou Dynasty and was firmed in Warring StatesPeriod. The Yang Family was born in the middle of Western Han Dynasty, and becamefamous in Eastern Han Dynasty. But it then declined during CaoWei Period, and not revivaluntil Northern and Southern Dynasties. In Sui Dynasty, their family became one of the mostpowerful group of the society, and it developed again in Tang Dynasty. During the period ofTang Dynasty, eleven family members had become the Prime Ministers and more than ninetyfamily members had passed the imperial competitive examination. Many of them also becamegovernmental officers and most of the governmental officers were on the top of the centralgovernment. Some of the family members also married the royal members or aristocrat.In Tang Dynasty, the Yang Family became valued both Confucianism and literature.They pursued art from all kinds of field, and gained a lot. They also have very strict familytradition, and followed the traditional ethics, such as loyalty, Filial piety and fraternal duty,and thrifty. They had more clan literature communicators from both inside and outside. Theyhad written almost six hundred poems. They also have nearly one hundred and fifty poets, andmany of their works were spread in later dynasties in the form of anthology or chapters andsentences. Both their creation quantity and their creation quality have made considerableachievements. Their family Cultural literacy and literature cultivation had improved. Theirfamily literature communication had also expanded.Many of the Yang Family members have been known by later generations. TakeYangjiong as an example, his poetry can be divided into seven categories. The readers canfeel depression, sadness and power of struggling with difficulties. His articles can be dividedinto four parts, most of which were filled with real feeling, and the else were works of flattery.Yangping, Yangning, and Yangling also have achievements in the field of literature. Theirwork have different styles. Yang Juyuan’ poem were divided into eight categories. He was good at the Long Poem and Metrical poetry. Yangkui’a poem also was divided into sevencategories, and his articles have four styles. Most of them focused on monks and temples,with deep concerns of the motherland and her people.In a word, The Yang Family had high social standing and political position. They alsohad high achievement in literature creativity. Their works is an important part of the clanliterature of Tang Dynasty and had improved the development of literature in Tang Dynasty.