The Writing Of Palace Life In The Gongci Of The Northern Song Dynasty

Gongci is a kind of literary genre which takes the court life as the main object of expression.The Northern Song dynasty is another peak of poetry development after the Tang dynasty,with more than 800 works.These works fully depict the court life of the Northern Song dynasty from multiple perspectives and levels.The works of Gongci show that the palace life is rooted in the reality,and at the same time,it surpasses the reality.It is helpful for us to have a deeper understanding of the literary history of the Northern Song dynasty by studying the palace life represented by Gong ci.On the whole,the Northern Song dynasty Gongci presents a unique world of palace life.The art world written by Gongci is mainly composed of space,time,people and related plants and animals.These elements are interrelated and become the key elements of the world and constitute the main structure of the world.This paper focuses on these three aspects.The full text is divided into four chapters.The first chapter explores the spatial composition and literary writing in the Gongci world of the Northern Song dynasty.According to the function division,the palace space in the Northern Song Gongci can be divided into three areas:administrative area,entertainment area and service area.The Northern Song dynasty Gongci focused on the writing of these areas in the northwest administrative and entertainment areas.In the Gongci world the government affairs area mainly undertakes the government affairs activity and so on the court,the king and the minister association,has the culture,the banquet and so on.The Northern Song dynasty Gongci's description of the church activities in the administrative area highlighted the solemn atmosphere in the administrative area,while the writing of the activities outside the court shows the harmonious and happy relationship between the wise emperors and their ministers.Gongci's description of the entertainment area mainly focuses on landscape painting.In addition,the writing of amusement activities shows the prosperous prospect of the king and the people.The service area in the Gongc world mainly undertakes the cultural service function,such as library andeducation.The second chapter studies the time attribute and literary writing in the Gongci of the Northern Song dynasty.First,discuss the four seasons in the Gongci world.Gongci has the most writings on spring,mainly showing early spring cold,late spring sleep and spring sleepiness.Autumn is next.The writing of autumn in the autumn scenery and the broad atmosphere of the night sky.Relatively little has been written about summer and winter,Often focused on showing the cool quietness of the palace in summer and the warmth in winter,And to show the court in the way of relieving summer-heat and heating.Secondly,discusses the writing of nightlife in the Gongci world.There are few sad,dark,lonely nights in the world.And more often than not,a noisy,brilliant night of joy and a quiet night of tranquility.Finally,explore the different festival atmosphere in the palace poems world.In the Gongci world,The Lantern Festival is the national carnival,noisy lively,The Double Ninth Festival,The Double Seventh Festival,The Mid-Autumn festival and other festivals are relatively quiet and peaceful.The poems of the Northern Song dynasty show us the life and mental state of the people in the court at different times.The third chapter,to investigate the people and related plants and animals in the Gongci world of the Northern Song dynasty.The life of people and animal and plant is the soul in the Gongci world.First of all,the people discussed in this paper focus on court women.The women in the Gongci world advocate slim fit,light and soft clothing.Tend to wear light and tasteful make-up on makeup.Their daily life is more entertainment and less work.Secondly,flowers and trees bring color and fragrance to the Gongci world.They not only beautify the court environment,but also serve as decorations to please the monarch.Some also have a strong sense of praise,used to highlight the peace and prosperity and sovereign supremacy.Finally,animals bring sound and life to the Gongci world.They are closely related to the situation of women in the court,also for the palace to create a word or lively,or harmony,or beautiful poetry.There are also some animals with profound political implications,showing the virtue and benevolence of the rulers and creating a peaceful and happy Gongci world.The fourth chapter,as a case study,discusses the Gongci world of Huizong'sGongci.First of all,Huizong's high artistic attainments,it makes the palace scene and the court women in his poems out of the stately demeanor,Show a natural and elegant,not vulgar art flavor.Second,The world of Gongci written by Huizong has strong auspicious color.Huizong's contemporary Gongci writers also wantonly wrote about xiangrui.Huizong's writing of xiangrui is more a result of his ideas.In the end,the world of Gongci in Huizong's works showed a peaceful and prosperous age of song,dance,entertainment and invincibility,which was in contradiction with the reality of a difficult and dangerous country at that time.In general,The Northern Song dynasty Gongci show us a world of pleasant scenery,leisurely and elegant,happy and harmonious between emperors,ministers and people.The world is a world of art and literature,is the poet's ideal court world.It embodies the life aesthetic and literary taste of the literati at that time.