A Study On The "New History Of The Tang Dynasty Bai Ju Yi Biography"

The "New History of the Tang Dynasty Bai Ju yi biography"is a part of "New History of the Tang Dynasty-forty-fourth biographies of Wu Li Jia bai",a biography of Bai Ju yi,which is thought of an important or even indispensable document to the study of Bai Ju yi and the politics in the mid-Tang Dynasty.The historical materials of the,"New History of the Tang Dynasty Bai Ju yi biography" is mainly based on "Old Book of Tang Bai Ju yi biography","Bai Shi Changqing compilation",and Bai's own documents.the writer rearranged those historical materials above mainly by copying,deleting and rewriting,so that they can be adjusted to express the author's writing intention.Meanwhile,we can predit that the offical experience of Bai Ju yi is abstracted from"Old Book of Tang Bai Ju yi biography",the literary achievements are based on "Bai Shi Changqing compilation",and memorial to the throne and counsels are abridged from the Bai's original work.Thanks to the author's reasonable arrangements of these materials,the biography reflects the life of Bai Ju yi with astonishing clarity,but it also indirectly reflects the conflict of Confucian and Buddha,the appreciation of advised bravely and honest and clean government,safeguarding national unification,Strengthen the centralization,which can help us to understand the literati and officialdoms' ideological tendency of this period in the Northern Song Dynasty.Firstly,The historical value of the"New History of the Tang Dynasty Bai Ju yi biography" lies in its preservation of Bai's memorial to the throne and counsels,so that we can understand his life,writing style and the politics in the mid-Tang Dynasty.it also"can be used to correct other historical materials.Secondly,the time errors of the "New History of the Tang Dynasty Bai Ju yi biography" are far less than "Old Book of Tang Bai Ju yi biography",so that we can correct the latter book by using the clues which are provided by the former.Of course,there are also some disadvantages in the "New History of the Tang Dynasty Bai Ju yi biography":the requirement of "more information less words",led to reduction of history materials and even the images of Bai,abandon those historical materials which express Bai's litterateur image,and focus on describing his politicians image,which makes character not full and complete,has a negative effect on fully reflect Bai's life.In addition,the of time off in the "New History of the Tang Dynasty Bai Ju yi biography" is very serious,it may result from unreasonable demands of "more information less words",may also be the author can predict the accuracy of historial materials with certainty.But in any case,this is no doubt is having a detrimental effect on readers of grasping the timeline.