Poetry Can Be Grouped:on The Poetic Group Before Tang Dynasty

Being one of the classical theories on Poetry, Xing, Guan, Qun, Yuan was of great importance in Confucian poetic theories, which generalized social and cultural values of Poetry and revealed precisely and concisely the emotional and the political properties of Poetry. Organic component of "Xing, Guan, Qun, Yuan","poetry can be grouped" is the briefest generalization of the relationship between Poetry and society, especially groups, due to Poetry’s wide social application, forming the group relationship in social communication.The approach of the dissertation is mainly based on the historical examination and theoretical differentiation and analysis, which examines the background of Confucian and Zhong Rong’s theory "poetry can be grouped" and analyzes in detail the differences of the two, aiming to reveal the cultural, political and literary relationship between the mid-ancient poetry and group construction. To be specific, it starts with Confucian theory "poetry can be grouped", combing the transformation of its connotation from Pre-Qin to Wei and Jin. Based on the relationship between unique Wei scholars and their creation, it extracts the definition of reverse-order "groups can create poetry", which finally establishes the academic approach of the interaction of poetic groups, examines the progress of poetry from Early Ancient to Middle Ancient, probes the political, cultural and social functions of poetry, analyzes the formation and evolution rules of poetry, and studies the fossilization and differences of poetic styles.The dissertation is divided into four chapters. Chapter One, the cultural connotation of "poetry can be grouped", points out that originated in the ritual culture of Zhou Dynasty, the theory "poetry can be grouped" has a rich and profound theoretical meaning, which integrated the ritual, literary and artistic thoughts of Confucius. The cultural connotation and social functions of Poetry, full of ritual factors, is one of the most representative cultural phenomena in Zhou Dynasty. The social environment which "poetry can be grouped" was relied on, reflecting the characteristic of ritual culture, with temple sacrifice, court offering, and creating and evoking poems as its background, demonstrating the importance of Poetry in the group communication and construction of Poetry, revealing the cultural property and social value of poetry, plays a leading role in the rise and development of later theories on poetry.Chapter Two, the political tendency of "poetry can be grouped", points out that in Han Dynasty as a result of "proscribing all non-Confucian schools of thought and espousing Confucianism as the orthodox state ideology", Confucianism and the five classics, the guidelines of governing country and administrating politics, lays the foundation of personality cultivation, family regulation, and state ruling. Thus Poetry extended from cultural classics to political ideal, is more political in interpretation of its connotation and social application of its social functions. Trying to establish a social unity of emperor and people, the scholars in Han’s using Poetry as its theoretical weapon, is the development of ideals and practice in politics of "poetry can be grouped"Chapter Three, the evolution of the connotation of "poetry can be grouped", points out that after Wei and Jin, poems gradually breaking down barriers of Poetry and restoring its functions of expressing emotions and ideas, with its elegant form and concise language, became the specific ways of expression and communication. Between intellectuals, drinking and singing to each other, performing the emotional communication and social interaction, is an important part of mid-ancient social group life, promoting the formation of the group of scholars. Hence Zhong Rong’s "poetry can be grouped", with its new connotation, is the theoretical summary of middle ancient literary activities and new group construction.Chapter Four, the reverse form of "poetry can be grouped", points out that in the relationship of poetic group,"poetry can be grouped" has a correlative reverse form, i.e."group can create poetry"."Group can create poetry" focuses more on the angle of creation, revealing the relationship between groups and poems. It states that poems are not the reflection of personal emotions, but cultural and literary activities of social population. The creation of poems of a group has its active function in evolution and fossilization of styles of poems and promotion of the artistic level of poems.The innovation of the dissertation lies in that it reveals the historical context and poetic connotation of Confucius and Zhong Rong’s "poetry can be grouped", combing the transformation of the theories of Confucius and Zhong Rong, probing the political phenomenon of "poetry can be grouped" in Han Dynasty, finally proposing "poetry can be grouped’"s reverse form "group can create poetry", thus laying the foundation of the study of interaction of poetic groups.