Study On The Tanabata Literature In The Han Wei And The Six Dynasties

The combination of the legend on the Qianniu and the Zhinv and the Chinese Valentine′s Day comes into being the Tanabata literature which has a unique cultural feature in the history of Chinese literature. With their coalescence, not only it lays a solid foundation for the Tanabata literature, but also it promotes development mutually. My thesis tends to make an research on the tanabata literature that its time boundary is from the Han dynasty to the Six dynasty, including the poetries and proses about the Chinese Valentine′s Day. It is actually the initial development during this period, which causes a consequence of works in low yield and creation in single form, but containg the aboundant cultural and literatural connotation. With the introduction stated above, my thesis is divided in five parts, including one Introduction part and four chapters, which is to expound from the cultural roots to all the aspects of the Tanabata literature.In the Introduction part. Briefly state the important status of the Tanabata literature in the Han Wei and Six dynasties, Review the current research situation and describes the research approaches and the innovation points.In the chapter one. It tends to find the cultural roots on the Tanabata literature,what has been first done is to find out the origins of the legend on the Qianniu and the Zhinv and the the Chinese Valentine′s Day, then, to interpretate them in cultural level.In the chapter two. Comb out the evolution on the theme of affections which is based on the sequences of dynasties. Firstly analysizing the Tanabata literature in the Han Wei, then, keep on efforts to the Six dynasties.In the chapter three, Interpret the textes on the Tanabata literature in the Han Wei and the Six dynasties. With images 、prototype of the Zhinv, shined from the Tanabata literature.In the chapter four. Mainly discuss the cultural connotation contained in the Tanabata literature in the Han Wei and the Six dynasties. What comes to first is the lucubration of folklores and the conditions of femals in Han Wei and Six dynasties and the Qiqiao psychology, then give analyses of deep—seated male chauvinism infleeted by he Tanabata literature in the Han Wei and the Six dynasties.