The Huguang Writer Of The Ming Dynasty Study

The author carried out comprehensive exploration and research of the writers from Hunan and Hubei province of Ming dynasty in this thesis, which provide profound meanings and explicit references to the research of the literature of the said areas in Ming dynasty, and other areas as well.The literature development in Hunan and Hubei province features in"a large number of outstanding writers evolving from a huge number of writers". Through the exploration of《History of the Ming Dynasty》,《The index of Biography about the Characters of Ming Dynasty》,《Hu-Bei province Annal》,《Hu-Nan province Annal》,《Bibliography of Qianqingtang》,《Ancient China's Bibliography of Rare Books》,《Zhongguo Congshu Zonglu》,《Biography about the Poems of Ming Dynasty》,《Biography of Poetry Anthology in Dynasties》,《The commentary on the Poems of Ming Dynasty》,《Poems of Ming Dynasty》,《Peotry Anthology of Hunan province》,《Biography about the Poets of Hubei province》,《literary writings of Hubei province》,《Peotry Anthology of Hunan and Hubei province》,《Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature》,《Revised Continuance of Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature》,《The Existed Catalogue Series for the Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature》,《The supplement of the Existed Catalogue Series for the Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature》,《Prohibition and destruction of Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature》,《The ex-included Catalogue Series for the Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature》,the author revealed that 1642 writers had involved in writing, and composed the bibliography for 1251 of them. In addition, the author introduced almost 70 collections of the articles and poems in detail. The overall characteristics and some local characteristics associated with the geographic distribution were obtained through the analysis and comparison of more than 60 writers who had played significant impact and had insightful works.Besides the introduction and the epilogue, the thesis is consisted of 8 chapters. The first chapter is the overview of Hunan and Hubei province and the writers in those areas in Ming dynasty; the second chapter is about the authority and the personality of the writers in the early Ming dynasty, which include Yang Pu, Xia Yuanji, and Peng Youxin; the third chapter is about the prosperity of the writers in the mid-Ming dynasty, which include Li Dongyang, Liu Daxi,Pengze,Luduo,He Mengchun,Wang Tingchen,Li Chenfang,Li Chenfang; the fourth chapter is about the writers of the Chaling school, which include Wu Guolun,Li Weizhen,Gaodai,Chenbai,ChenWenzhu,Wangge,FangFengshi,Weishang,LiuJingshao,LiuYaohui,Longyin,Che Daren,Guo Zhengyu; the sixth chapter is about characteristic and personality of the writers in the late Ming dynasty, which include"The Yuans'",Jiang Yingke,Lei Sipei,Li Tengfang,Qiutan,Zhongxing,Tan Yuanchun; the seventh chapter is about some other influential writers in the late Ming dynasty of this area, which include Feng Shiyong,Zhu Tingli,Liao Xiyan,Cao Yikui,Zhuang Tianhe; the eighth chapter is about the literature characteristic of the writers in the late Ming dynasty, which include Dunjun,Tao Runai,Hu Chennuo,Guo Duxian; the ninth chapter is about some special topics, which include the Tian's and the Sun's. Attached are 4 appendix at the end of the thesis, including the list of the literature works of the writers, the bibliography of major writers, explicit description of the literature works, and the list of the official candidates.The conclusions in this thesis include: 1. Time-wisely, during the 90 years from Hongwu to Jingtai, the literature development was in a inertia mode; during the 70 years form Tianshun to Zhengde, the development began to start; during the 100 years from Jiajing to Wanli, the development began to boost, which lasted until the end of Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty;2. From a geographic point of view, the distribution of the writers is even all around Hunan and Hubei province. The number of the writers from the cities located in the south of Yangzi River, such as Changde, Yongzhou, Changsha, Yuezhou, Baoqing, Chenzhou, Chenzhou, and Jingzhou, accounted for 50.2% of all the writers; while the number of the writers from the cities located in the north of Yangzi River, such as Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Dean, Huangzhou, Wuchang, Chengtian, Hanyang, and Xunyang, accounted for 49.7%. Meanwhile, Changsha, Yuezhou, Hengzhou, Yongzhou, and Baoqing were the major cities in South Yangzi River; while Huangzhou, Wuchang, Chengtian, and Jingzhou were for the North;3. Taking the literature development in Ming dynasty as a whole, the characteristics of the writers in the said provinces had a high coincidence with the development of Ming dynasty. And Yang Pu, Li Dongyang, Wu Guolun,'The Yuan's', and'Zhong-Tan'had ever lead the trend of the development for a while, which testified the importance of the literature in Hunan and Hubei province.