The Study Of The Preface And Postscript Of Annotations Of The Songs Of Chu In Qing Dynasty

The Qing dynasty was the summary period in the history of the Songs of Chu. It involved almost every field of traditional academy in the research of Songs of Chu by scholars of Qing dynasty. There were so many annotations of the Songs of Chu in Qing dynasty and it had high achievements. The works by previous generations can not compare with it. The excellent academic environments in Qing dynasty nourished the development of the Chuci study. The development of Chuci study and the further enhancement of the technicality of the preface and postscript of annotation in the Songs of Chu were mainly reflected in document, literary criticism and literary interpretation three aspects.The Songs of Chu annotated in the preamble and postscript in Qing dynasty provided abundant documents for their mother’s annotations and we can have a preliminary understanding for the whole thinking and core idea of annotations by documents provided by the preface and postscript. And the Written documents by the preface and postscript of annotations were the effective complements to the social environment and historical materials of academic background then, some of them were even the only record for the writers of documents.During the conclusion of the changing of Chuci study of the preface and postscript of annotations of the Songs of Chu in Qing dynasty, it always involved the literary criticism to the former annotations.According to the criticism for the same annotations by many different annotators at the same period, we can see the basic features of Chuci study in that period. And the criticism of preface and postscript for Qu yuan, Chuci and mimic works about Qu yuan reflects the receiving conditions of Chuci in Qing dynasty. According to the criticism of the preface and postscript of annotations by others for documents, we can research the features of annotated in literary criticism. The preface and postscript of annotations of the Songs of Chu in Qing dynasty improved the three main theories of traditional hermeneutics and comprehensive utilized explanation methods, which reflects the maturity of Chinese ancient hermeneutics. From the view of the features of explanation of Chuci in Qing dynasty, scientificity and pragmaticality got further attention, the interpretation of literature and Confucian classics studies all put into one.Throughout the preface and postscript of annotation of the Songs of Chu of Qing dynasty, we can have a clear understanding in Chuci study of Qing dynasty, in basic features of academic of qing dynasty and in the attitudes and the methods how scholars of Qing dynasty pursue their studies. By studying the preface and postscript of annotation of the Songs of Chu of Qing dynasty, we also can realize more clearly the position of academic of qing dynasty in Chinese traditional academy.