The Study Of The Books Which Record And Analyze Things’ Beginnings

In the history of the ancient Chinese books, there was a type of books which record and analyze the things’ beginnings. It recorded the first time that one thing was born and appeared, and the first record about the things’ born and appearance. Meanwhile these books also analyzed the reason of the things born. The authors of these books all had the consciousness to gain a clear idea of the things’ beginnings.Why this type of books appeared? The cause is complicated. There was the tradition of tracing things’ beginnings in Confucian which influence these books, especially on the spirit and the content. Ancient Chinese historian attached importance to those first cases which could be the original reference for the same kind of cases later. The historical books recorded a lot of this kind of first cases. And there are books to record these cases. This spirit and these books influenced the books recorded and analyzed the things’ beginnings too. This type of books was the branch of knowledge subject in Natural History. Natural History and the spirit of tracing the beginning were combined in the Jin Dynasty; this type of books was the product of this combine.From the Jin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, this type of books had its own path of development. The first book which recorded and analyzed the things’ beginnings was The Annotation of The Past and Present. Except for two books which were the comprehensive branch of the books recorded and analyzed the things’ beginnings like The Annotation of The Past and Present, there was a book-The beginnings of the Style of Writing-which was the specialized branch. In the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, this type of books was booming. Two books were the supplements of The Annotation of The Past and Present. Things’beginnings created the style of the classified books and would be improved and perfected by its supplement. This type of books in the Tang Dynasty was affected by the analyzing atmosphere in the academic circle. In Song Dynasty, this type of books was improved and perfected further. The beginnings and Source of the Matters and Things was the epitomize work. The spirit of tracing the things’ beginnings had been accepted by many scholars, so there are some parts of other books that recorded and analyzed the things’ beginnings.The books recorded and analyzed the things’ beginnings was crossed with other type of books like the ancient storybooks, notes, and classified books. This pushed the books recorded and analyzed the things’ beginnings forward.