Effect On Classical Chinese Novel's Creation Of Neo-Confucianism In Song Dynasty

By understanding the main ideas of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty and combining the representative works of Song Dynasty classical novels, the essay is based on the text of Song Dynasty Classical Novels to analyze the impacts of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty upon the creations of Song Dynasty classical novels. The mainly involved Neo-Confucianism is major Neo-Confucian ideas in Song Dynasty, such as moral theory, ontology, and theory of human nature and so on.The far-reaching and representative works of Song major classical novels are selected, including "Yi Jean", "Green Ball", "The Yang Taizhong", "Mooting Hakka", "Qing Sugary," "Koori "and so on. The related arguments are the impacts of Neo-Confucianism upon the purposes of novel creation, the contents of novels, and the techniques of expressions and the aesthetic styles of novels. The essay attempts to make a comprehensive study on the influence of Neo-Confucianism to the creation of the Song Dynasty classical novels. The essay is divided into five chapters.The first chapter,the Literature and Moral Concept of Neo-Confucians, discourses Neo-Confucians'understandings of the relationship between the literature and moral,and their concepts'effects on the literary world of Song Dynasty,together with on the novel creation indirectly.The second chapter elaborates the impacts of Neo-Confucianism on the purposes of novel creation. Under the influence of Neo-Confucian philosophies, the Song Dynasty classical novelists no longer write for mere entertainment but preaching in comparison with the former dynasty. In addition, the novelists'creations change into passive preaching for writing from the initiative novel creations on the fantasy before.The third chapter, the Impacts of Neo-Confucianism on the Content of the Novels, is divided into two sections.From Knowledge and Practice, moral theory, and ontology, it respectively discourses Neo-Confucian impacts on the contents of the novels and the contents of Song Classical Novels such as "theme in advance," "intensification of moral teachings," and the flooding of "Idea of God" in the novels. The Impacts of Neo-Confucianism on the Techniques of Expressions of the Novels, mainly discourses the aspect of the typed characters. In Song Classical Novels, the categorizing and modeling characters and the narrations that are strived to be realistic, all have close relationships with the Neo-Confucianism, under the influence of Neo-Confucian theory of human nature.The fourth chapter, the Impacts of Neo-Confucianism on Aesthetic Styles of the Novels, is divided into two sections. As general"elegant" style features Song Dynasty classical novels, this chapter discourses the formative reasons of the" elegant" style affected by Neo-Confucianism from tow aspects-"the·plain and elegant descriptive language" and" the narrative attitude of rational restraint"...