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The Multiple Identities And The Context Of The Image Of Huangdi In The Pre-qin And Han Dynasties

Posted on:2021-02-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z Y ZhuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330626453642Subject:Ancient Chinese literature
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Huangdi was born from "the emperor of heaven" and "god".During the spring and autumn period and the warring states period,the consanguinity clan system gradually disintegrated,and a new system was brewing.With the help of Huangdi the new scholars interpreted the new idea,so Huangdi's identity as a god gradually disappeared and his human behavior became prominent.In general,its image can be roughly divided into three types: ancestor,king,immortal.Although today's literature records are multifarious,but Huangdi's triple identity is not chaotic,but with the social and political background of the pre-qin and han dynasties,there is a corresponding generation order and primary and secondary identity changes.The introduction part of this paper makes a concise introduction to this topic's background,current research status,and research methods.The main content of the text focuses on researching the causes and formation processes of the multiple identities of Huangdi by analyzing related pieces of literature and the background history of the pre-Qin and Han dynasties.The first chapter analyzes the records of ancient history books,such as ZuoZhuan,GuoYu,DaDaiLiJi and ShiJi,to demonstrate the close relation between the succession of Huangdi and the official purpose of zhou dynasty.The records of Huangdi's lineage in historical books are concentrated and have distinct Confucian characteristics.The pattern of "inscriptions" behavior is a testament to the deification at the "birth" of Huangdi.In the parts of the Classic of Mountains and Seas(Classic of Mountains,Classic of Seas)multistage features are depicting Huangdi and other gods.The second chapter discusses how Huangdi became the imperial model of governance.Huangdi's initial leadership was highlighted by the contrast with chiyou,Shangshu,Yizhoushu,and Shiji Five emperors have different emphases on the description of Chiyou's rebellion.From the comparison of the three,it can be seen that people gradually defined HuangDi and chiyou as the representatives of good and evil.The emperor image of Huangdi is the most special among his multiple identities.His ancestor identity can be proved by the lateral description of other characters and otherentities,which became an external existence of an objective conclusion.However,as an emperor,Huangdi is bound to show some internalized personality characteristics.This identity can only be shaped by the positive description of the behavior of Huangdi.Among the "writers" who depict and depict the words and deeds of Huangdi,the hundred schools of thought are the most active ones.In the spring and autumn period,there was no righteous war.The emerging scholars in the warring states period were the predecessors of the "ministers" of the feudal autocracy.Due to their low social status,these scholars spread their ideas and increased their discourse power with the help of Huangdi.Due to Huangdi's close contact with Taoism,and there are many records about Huangdi in zhuangzi,among which several descriptions are very similar to shidajing,so this paper compares the unity as well as the opposites of the ways of Huanglao and Zhuangzi with the help of Huangdi Sijing.The third chapter is Huangdi immortal identity's formation process,troubled times have breed ancestors to think about life,the establishment of the feudal autocratic system that allows rulers to mobilize more power and resources to seek immortality,especially during the strong western Han dynasty,featuring the flattering by officials to their rulers according to their preferences.Huangdi along with his unique status became the representative of the immortal,which phenomenon was obscurely criticized by Sima Qian,and the Shiji portrait of HuangDi served as a summary of the ruling class status and image.Huangdi fulfilled his mission and significance in the turbulent and colorful historical period before the Han dynasty.After the book of the later Han dynasty,there were already few records about Huangdi,and even the recital of his deeds has not deviated from the previously established definition.The conclusion gives a brief summary of the image of Huangdi.Huangdi evolved from the god of heaven,but different from the emperor of the han dynasty,who was a member of the celestial system,there was a gap between them in the identity of a human emperor,which indicates that the image of Huangdi was gradually shaped in the process of the ancestors' blind respect for the heaven to their emphasis on and transfer of human affairs.The identity of Huangdi is much,but it is not abrupt,because it is in China from various kinds of social system and social order is not yet stable to the basic establishment of the pre-qin to han dynasty,this special environment can not be copied,so after the han dynasty absolutism centralized type,then no one is like Huangdi in with multipledifferent identity at the same time also can get most people's recognition and respect.The phenomenon of the worship of Huangdi deserves to be remembered by history and deserves to be remembered by history.
Keywords/Search Tags:pre-Qin and Han dynasty, Huangdi, ancestor, king, immortal
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