A Literary Comparison Between Jinwen Shangshu And Guwen Shangshu

Shangshu is a precious book in the treasure house of Chinese culture and the earliest historical document in ancient China,As a government document of primitive society and feudal society,it not only has historical value,but also has extremely high literary achievement.In the history of more than three thousand years,apart from the Jinwen Shangshu,there were also the Guwen Shangshu written by Mei Ze.Although the book was proved to be a pseudonym in later studies,it was eventually retained by history and must have its historical and literary value.In the study of Guwen Shangshu has always been focused on the true and false,but its literariness should be paid more attention to.At the same time,by comparing the literariness of the two books,we can see the similarities and differences,which provides a new Angle and method for us to better study the Shangshu.There are 25 more Guwen Shangshu than Jinwen Shangshu in terms of content,which are mainly reflected in three aspects in the comparison of literariness.First of all,in terms of style,Guwen Shangshu and Jinwen Shangshu have the same style types,and the similarities and differences in literariness between the two books can be compared.Secondly,in terms of technique,there are also differences between the two books in terms of narrative art and discussion technique.Thirdly,The language of Shangshu has more literary elements,it also contains the spiritual temperament of the language of ancient times.The artistic characteristics of the language expression of the two books are analyzed in detail from the dialogue style of the emperor and the minister and the expression style of the statement language.The form of expression of the style of sayings used in the Shangshu and the concise idiom and dictum in the Shangshu have exerted a profound influence on the later literary works.