Study On The Ci Fu In Renzong Empire Of The Northern Song Dynasty

Emperor Renzong of the North(earlier)Song Dynasty was renowned for the prosperous society under his rule featuring political stability and economic and cultural prosperity.Against such backdrop,the Ci Fu(a literary form sentimental or descriptive,often rhymed)creation has also experienced greater development and innovation based on the inheritance of the predecessors.Especially with the rise of the poetry innovation movement,Ci Fu creation has entered a new era,which can be described as the beginning of the new change of song Fu’s development.The Fu creation in this period featured new styles and profound meaning.The introduction mainly examines the current research situation of the thesis,combs the data literature,and the research ideas and methods of this paper.The first chapter mainly discusses the generation background of the Ci Fu creation in Renzong Period.Renzong is an emperor maintaining the achievements of his predecessors,known for his “benevolent rule”.He is generous in temperament and has a good use of political knowledge.There have been a number of famous political figures at that period and they are also famous writers,who have carried out a large number of rhetoric creations.On the other hand,in spite of the social prosperity,the country also lurked a variety of crises,people with insights began to seek transformation and innovation.In response to the different views of political reforms,the group of scholars and bureaucrats began to gradually divide into reformists and conservatives,conflicting with each other.In order to better promote political reform and publicize the idea of innovation,literary creation must oppose the meaningless,impractical,parallel style of writing.So the reform of the imperial examinations and literature retro launched vigorously,and profoundly influenced the literary creation at that time,Ci Fu creation included.The second chapter is a comprehensive discussion on the patterns of Ci Fu in Renzong period.A comprehensive review is carried out concerning the identity and political views and the different rhetoric creative styles of the writers.The period is a historical transition period for the Song Dynasty.The writers began to pay more attention to the content than the style in terms of literary creation.With Mei Ou leading the poetic innovation movement,more attention was assigned to the practical function of literature,problems of the time and ups and downs of the people.Song Ci Fu thus became different from that of the Tang Dynasty.The third chapter discusses the various styles in the Renzong period.In that period,there are already a great variety of forms and styles.This chapter shows the different features of each form.The imperial examination in the Song Dynasty was limited by the external requirements to a certain extent,and the literary and artistic nature was inevitably inadequate.But it is also in this situation that rhetoric writers expressed the political,social picture and personal feelings of the North Song Dynasty with a relatively fixed form,and the great creation of this period continues the characteristics of the previous generation,while paying more attention to the reality.Under the the poetic Innovation movement and natural evolvement of the literary creation,the lexicalization of the creation in this period has been strengthened,and the subjects have been expanded to emotion expressing and argumentation,and the form has also showed a tendency of returning.Wen Fu is a kind of assignment which was formally formed in the middle of the North Song Dynasty.It was the product of the poetry reform movement,and its emergence and maturity were influenced by many factors at that time,and compared with other kinds of Fu,the form of Wen Fu was freer and focuses more on the argumentation.The formal formation of Wen Fu is an important achievement in the development of Renzong rhetoric in the Song Dynasty,and it is the concentrated expression of change seeking efforts in the rhetoric creation of the North Song Dynasty.The fourth chapter mainly discusses the subjects of Renzong Ci Fu.In the middle of the North Song Dynasty,there were not only innovative styles but also more inclusive themes.The society had been prosperous for a long time,therefore many famous writers at that time created many works to praise the emperor.At the same time,some political figures who are also writers including Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu used Fu as a tool to express their worry for the dynasty and the people,criticize the biased policies,and provide their proposals of reform.And as political reforms failed,they began to express their feelings about their fate and loneliness and the Fu created by them became more emotion concentrated but above all showed their great personality.To conclude,the Ci Fu creation in Renzong period has also experienced greater development and innovation based on the inheritance of the predecessors,featuring new styles and profound meaning.And these achievements make it an important period in the history of Ci Fu development.