The Connection Between Poetic Thought And Historical Thought In Literature And Art Of Han Dynasty

The Han hold the literature concept "the combination of the arts, history and philosophy". Their general requirements and cognitions for literatures are always reflected in the analysis and composition of poem, history, Fu and Sao and the like, of which the connection and interaction between the historical and poetic concept is the most remarkable. From the present perspective, poem and history have its own function, the former causing imagination and make-up; and the latter being rigorous. However, the Han can combine the two styles without difficulty. The connection between poem and history has become the unique literature style.This paper reveals the connection between historical thought and poetic thought in Han dynasty.The first chapter is discussed from the perspective of literature style. Many scholars at home and abroad point out that, the common origin of poetic thought and historical thought is the general character on the primitive stage, which can be found in the thought of literature and art in Han dynasty. From the poetic angle, the Han systematically explain The Book of Poetry in the form of history. Almost each poem is related to one historical character and incidents.In fact, poem and history is combined in one. From the historical perspective, the explanation of Chun-Chiu and the composition of the Book of History and Han Shu specially emphasize the function of "expressing ambition" of the history. However, the function of "expressing ambition" is generally considered as the poetic literature.The second chapter is from the perspective of technique of expression. Scholarg stratums in the early Qin dynasty have comparatively high political position. In Han dynasty, the unified totalitarian politics, to the real extent, put their remarks into strict restrictions. This kind of political sufferance is reflected in the literature concept, namely specially emphasizing the indirect expressive style, of which is reflected in "Bi and Xing""make suggestions indirectly""talk in gentle voice" and such representative proposition, while "indirect expression" and such writing technique is concluded in poem. These expressive style reflected in poetic thought and historical thought emphasizes the proper separation between speech level and meaning level.The third chapter is from the angle of literature and morality. Confucianism in the Han dynasty is in the unique position, and the concept has infiltrated in the Han literature. The analysis and explanation of the poem and history in Han dynasty is the important part of Confucian ideology construction, which can be regarded as the two different ways of expressing ideas by the Han, with different way and the same essence. In the level of morality, poem and history interact a lot with each other, which is mainly reflected in the link of proving history with poem and proving poem with history. One historical narration could be concluded in "Shi Yue", while one poem also could develop into one history story with details and huge numbers, which benefits from the fact that poem and history are the carrier of Confucian thought.The last part mainly discusses the cultural meaning of connection between poem and history in Han dynasty. Faced with the expansion of the monarchy, the Han try to construct Confucian ideology to restrict. Through poetry and history to admonish, poetry and history all belong to the field of Chinese cultural right to speak, of which discourse is the most important. The Han build the situation of such idea and politics, which affects the tendency of Chinese culture.