Study On Zouyi Articles From Qin Dynasty To Northern And Southern Dynasties

In ancient China, Zouyi Articles were written a great number and it had a distant source and a long stream. It is of much importance in running a state, and it is an important style, so it is of great value in study. This thesis is on Zouyi Articles from Qin Dynasty to Northern and Southern Dynasties, studying its concept, characteristic and development.Zouyi Articles was official dispatch applying to Emperor by central and local officials in ancient China from Qin Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. It was a product of bureaucracy and culture of ancient China. The relationship between the reader and the writer was the monarch and his subjects.In ancient China, Zouyi Articles were official documents and related to imperial edicts and national appeal. There were a great number of specific items in Zouyi Articles. Before Sui Dynasty, there were Zhang, Biao, Zou, Yi, Shu, Qi, Duice, Fengshi and so on. They were related and developed with the lapse of time.In Qin Dynasty, Zouyi Articles came into being. Zouyi Articles in Han Dynasty were of great momentum. In Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasty,imperial power was on the wane and Zouyi Articles were in transformation. Zouyi Articles had a flowery style in Southern Dynasties and a simple style in Northern Dynasties. In Northern Zhou Dynasty, Zouyi Articles were in harmonious proportion. The history of Zouyi Articles is in step with the history of ancient bureaucracy and related to trends of thought in literature. To be with both ideological content and artistic quality is the top Zouyi Article.