Research Of Qi Style In Han-wei Dynasty And Six Dynasties

The "Qi" Style is a literary style first established by Mei Cheng in the Western Han Dynasty, which is named after "Qi" and narrates in detail seven affairs to contain remonstration. This literary style flourished during the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, appeared literature collection. However, its creation declined little by little after Sui and Tang Dynasties. The system and content of this literary style are mostly identical because they belongs to series which are imitated each other. In addition, it flourished in a short time. As a result, critics in later dynasties didn' t value it much and pay enough attention to it.This dissertation have gathered the detailed works of the "Qi" Style during the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties and the comments of the man of letters in the past ages. On this basis, the dissertation expounds the defination, origin and evolution of the "Qi" Style during the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties according to the means of integrating the inside research and the outside research, which pays attention to the research on the literature works themselves on the one hand while on the other hand studies the relations between the literature works and the times characteristic, social circumstances in which the writers existed, indiviual experience, thought, literary talent of the writers. As a result, it does good to the research on the "Qi" Style as well as the history of the Chinese ancient literature or the literary style.The main views of the dissertation are as follows: as aliterary style, the "Qi" Style was first put forward by Zhi Yu and it was widely recognized in the Northern and Southern Dynasties;being a branch of Fu, it has its characteristic different from the other branches of Fu and its basic system is established by Mei Cheng' s <> in the Western Han Dynasty; in its development, the Recruiting Hermit which took the place of Asking Sickness became the breakthrough of the subject matter, then the debate about official and hermit provided an appropriate way for the man of letters to express their private feelings, value choice and the moral梡olitical criterion, which reflected the conflict in the ideological circle; the changes in the artistic quality are shown in the artistry of the characters' names, the idealization of the characters, the tendency to pursue art skill unilaterally in the premise of copying the content and form each other.