Study On The Literary Thought Of "Baopuzi"

This study is about Baopuzi, using the methods of the history of literary thought’s studying. This is a comprehensive, integrated research about Gehong’s psychology, thought, basic literary concepts and the theory and practice of his literature production and appreciation, summed up the importance of its transition value through detailed analysis of his literary thought.Introduction analysis the current status of its researching, the innovation of this paper is proposed based on the study of the defects of former’s research. The first chapter pay attention to psychological analysis of people in Dongwu, concerning about his social-background, and analysis Gehong’s life style through Waipian’s hermitting thought. The second chapter study about Waipian’s literary thoughts. First, analysis his understanding of human nature and his political standpoint by looking into his choices between benevolence, propriety and law. Second,basic on the study of Gehong’s psychology status, analysis his views on metaphysic by discussing his comments on current affairs and figures. Figure out the structure of his thought and the relationship between the actors constructing it, summed up his thought’s characteristics, the synthesis, selection, application and practice. Third, to discuss its basic literary concepts:oppose to magnification of the ancient articles, criticism of contemporary articles, regard Zhu-zi as the classics’offspring, equal treatment on the the value of article and the writer’s character. Comprehensive analysis on its writing theory and writing practice. Discuss his character comments, analysis his theory of literary appreciation and its variety standards on appreciation of literature productions. The third chapter is about Nepian’s literary thought. Nepian’s thought is some kind of Philosophy of Religion,it is the basic of the Metaphysics and Daoism, also of the beauty of the wonderland. In Gehong’s point,the fake and truth in literature are both beautiful. The forth chapter is studying about the value of Baopuzi in the history of literary thoughts in Liuchao. First, Baopuzi appraise the value of literay works,based on both its Ideological content and Manifestations. Second,it Appreciation Theory is focusing on the "Qi"of authors and turning into the style of the literary works.Third,Gehong’s evaluament on Ideological content and Manifestations of a literary work is as same as the people surrounding him, and some time better than them.It features a comprehensive literary thought. He inherited the thought of Yangxiong,Wangchong,Chaopi and Luji by chosen. He pursued the practical value of articles, while he also concerned about the writer’s talent and character and explored the artistic value of the article. It should be regard as the beginning of some sort of literature thought of Wenxindiaolong.