A Study Of Li Guangdi’s Prose

Li Guangdi is a master of neo-confucianism in the Qing dynasty and he is Daxueshi(Grand secretary of the Grand Secretariat in feudal China).He is knowledgeable,writes extensively and has a solid style of study.In his complete collection of RongCun,there are 440 pieces of his prose.Because of his special status,Li Guangdi’s collected works are mostly academic and official articles,This seven types of proludes,records,books,biographies,lines,epitaphems and sacrificial rites in the complete collection of RongCun,the sequel of RongCun and the collection of RongCun,7 styles,a total of 156 pieces.And the 156 pieces proses can reflect the mood of Li Guangdi’s literati more truly and objectively,and reflect his friendship and true disposition.The first chapter is an overview of Li Guangdi’s family life and prose.Through the combing of Li Guangdi’s family life,we can understand the ideological education and the growing environment that Li Guangdi has received.Through the combing of Li Guangdi’s prose profile,we can understand the overall appearance of his prose.The second chapter is the ideological content of Li Guangdi’s prose.From Li Guangdi’s prose,we can see that he is a famous neo-confucian official.The Confucian thoughts reflected in his prose are the views of emperor and minister,filial piety and loyalty.As a senior official in the Kangxi dynasty,many of Li Guangdi’s essays reflect the current political and current affairs,such as the issue of maritime territory,people’s livelihood,and academic issues,which are of high historical value.At the same time,Li Guangdi once held the post of academic politics,so he attached great importance to education.Through combing and interpreting his prose,his educational thoughts could be seen.For example,as a member of Hu Li’s family,he paid attention to family education,paying attention to both the moral education of family members and the reading education of cultivating them.He also paid attention to the development of academies.As an official of the imperial court,Li Guangdi paid great attention to cleaning up the unhealthy tendencies in schools and fields,and at the same time compiled and selected ancient texts to benefit the remote scholars.The third chapter is a study of Guwenjingzao.Li Guangdi’s standard for selecting prose is practical use and literary grace.Through the analysis and interpretation of this anthology,it can be seen that Li Guangdi’s literary propositions have the theory that the style is the person,the style is the spirit and the truth is the essence.The unique value of archaic prose is that the article’s amount moderate,easy to get started,the selected articles emphasize on application,and easy to be applied in practice.The chapter four is the artistic characteristics and evaluation of Li Guangdi’s prose.Li Guangdi’s prose art features three aspects.First,he pays attention to the narrative method.In his prose,Li Guangdi highlights the characters and events by citing historical facts,making small observations and describing with language.Second,it is academic.In his prose,Li Guangdi quotes the classics,makes good use of allusions and has a solid foundation in primary school.Third,he is emotional.As an official,he cares about the people.As a family member,remembering his wife;As the elder,care about the younger;Be open to them as a friend.Li Guangdi is not famous for his literature,so his prose literature achievements are not very outstanding,but as a politician and neo-confucianist with great influence in the early Qing dynasty,his prose has strong academic,applied and documentary characteristics.