The Evolution Of The Image Of Xiang Yu

Xiang Yu is known as the King of Western Chu in Chinese history.He was courageous and skillful in battle,and he was very notable at that time.He had established a huge achievem ent in the process of destroyed the Qin dynasty, and finally he suicided beside Wu River, ended his short life.From the original im age in hi storical books to poetry,drama,novel and reprocessed by the m odern transmission mode, its image has experienced m any changes in the series.Based on the above background, the pa per aims to make a complete summ ary on Xiang Yu’s image evolution based on the dyna mic perspective of transm ission. The paper mainly studies Xiang Yu’s image characteristics of different historical periods and fileds so as to make an insight into the inherent artistic law of his image, in hope that the research of this paper will fill the gaps in character studies of the Chu and Han,and that will provide a new research thinking and reference for character image analysis in the future.In the history narrative represented by the Shi Ji,Han Shu and Zizhi Tongjian,Xiang Yu is talented and has made great contributions in battles,he is courtesy and kind,self-willed and tyrannical.Historian shaped a complex disposition characteristic character image of Xiang Yu by plain and concise description, the complexity characteristic of Xiang Y u provided m ore imaginary space for enrich and process its image in the later ages.Xiang Yu first ap peared in the histo rical records,but in the process of sp read and evolution, the establishment of its im age and extensive influence on the later generations is realized in the creation of literatu re.In the poetry of the Tang and Song Dynasty, poets cited from the classics or an cient works and expres s opinions on Xiang Y u’s life experience, the attitude on Xiang Yu’s are mixed, so the thought is very different. On the opera stage of song and Yuan Dynasty, the drama which taking Xiang Yu as the object of crea tion rarely spread. Xiang Yu played a supporting role in the grea t majority of dramas,the image of Xiang Yu was negative to a great extent.The sim ple narrative of Ping Hua works shaped a simple and rough iamage of Xiang Yu. Up to the historical novel, it is distingu ished from the narrative mode of Ping Hua works,the character image of Xiang Yu have increased complexity.Enter to the era of mass communication,the new media such as TV and the Internet have more incomparable advantages than pa per medium on comm unication effect and scope.Television with an im age of the text ar t gives the historical figures with current understanding,and gives the historical person with new vitality. As well as Xiang Yu’s image communication,by the expressiveness of film and television play to realize m ore levels performance and developm ent on the com plex nature of the charact ers and its profound meaning,let the historical figure fr om the rigid literary narrative to the intuitive nature of the film and television art,thereby demonstrate its new artistic charm.