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Research On The Auspicious Literature Of Song Zhenzong Of The Northern Song Dynasty

Posted on:2014-08-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330425982577Subject:Ancient Chinese literature
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Long long ago,the auspicious signs have entered in the field of Chineseculture.Because of the auspicious worship,ancient ancestors give it the basicmeaning.Along with the development of times,the auspicious signs are endowed with alot of political significances,and have the closed relationship with the ruling class.Auspicious literature originates from Han Dynasty,by accumulating and maturing,ittowards prosperity in the emperor of Song Zhenzong of the northern Song Dynasty.SongZhenzong is the third emperor of the northern Song Dynasty,and in the history,SongZhenzong is known as liking auspicious sign and sacrifice.Because of the "ChanyuanTreaty",he enters the vision of the history scholars.There are some very importantpoints,such as Song Zhenzong’s motivation of respecting auspicious signs,his purpose ofthe sacrifice,his starting point of forging The Book,the impact of the activities of hecarries out,and how to evaluate him.These are the focus of the history scholarsexplore.Some scholars also research the auspicious as the special expression in Chineseculture,but it does not see more that combins the auspicious activities with the literaturein the emperor of Song Zhenzong.In the history of literature,the auspicious literature isno clear definition. Referring to the works of auspicious to research the the auspiciousliterature of Song Zhenzong of the northern Song Dynasty,there are three parts in thearticle.The first part is the auspicious literature’s origin.The article combines the literatureand the meaning of auspicious with the definition of literature to determine the definitionof auspicious literature.According to the development of auspicious phenomena andliterary works of Han Dynasty,the auspicious literature forms in the Han Dynasty.The second part is prosperous of Song Zhenzong of the northern Song Dynasty.Byanalyzing the political and ideological condition of auspicious activities,the articlesummarizes the background and reasons of auspicious literature of the northern SongDynasty during the period of prosperity.According to the work theme,the auspiciousworks are divided into five parts:writing the events to express nobility of the King,greeting The Book to express virtue of the King, describing the auspicious signs to express sagacity of King,congratulating the sacrifice to express contribution of King,making the poem to express hobby of King.And they conclude three features: thecombination of Taoism,joint participation,complex and varied forms.The last part is the evaluation of the auspicious literature.Auspicious literature as aspecial literary phenomenon during the period of Song Zhenzong of the northern SongDynasty,it has a lot of imageries and forms.But it also has its limitations, sucu as itstheme is political and its purpose of creation is pleased the monarch.
Keywords/Search Tags:Song Zhenzong, Auspicious literature, Origin, Prosperity, Evaluation
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