Research About Zheng Xia’s Xi Tang Ji

Zheng Xia is the people of Fuqing, Fuzhou province, in Northern Song Dynasty. He had ever learned from Wang Anshi. During the period of Xining, Wang Anshi is the leader of Xining Reform. He wanted Zheng Xia to take part in the reform. But Zheng Xia knew its perniciousness clearly, so he refused him. And he was demoted as a doorman soon. Be accused by the new law and natural disaster, many people had nothing to live on, and they had to leave their home. Zheng Xia knew people’s difficulty, so he made a map named Refugees, and send it to the king by Madi. He wanted to stop the reform by this way. His practice surprised the imperial court. And he was exiled to Yingzhou for using Madi without permit. Thereafter, he lied through promotion and relegation several times. But he has never been reused as a magnifico.Zheng Xia love poetry and prose. He had a work named Xi Tang Ji living in the world. People have never given sufficient attention on it in the past time. And nobody have engaged the project about it neither. This is the major cause of my choosing this major. There are ten volumes in Xi Tang Ji, including prose of eight volumes, poetry of one volume, and appendix of one volume. It is the wisdom of Zheng Xia. After he was dead, his grandson whose name is Jiazheng arranged his works. It has been published seven times so far. His poetry is rich in content, which have many themes and genres. They exhibit many characteristics, such as advocating the ancient style of writing, writing poetry in the way of writing prose, and sincere feelings. Confucianism and Tao are the major substance of his prose, which is full of rational color. There is sufficient momentum in his prose, and grandioso style is his pursuit. Researching his poetry and prose seriously is significant for us learn about his ideology and living environment.