Penney Study

Pan Ni was one of the authors in Western Jin Dynasty. To study Pan Ni and his works is a topic which cannot be neglected. Pan Ni won the approval of his conducting himself well in society. The historians said that Pan Ni could conduct himself well in the troubled times. They thought he was classic elegant and decent. The historians appraised Pan Ni highly by comparing him with other writers in the same dynasty. In the turbulent days, many of the scholars could not insist on their goals all along. But Pan Ni was among the very people who died in his bed. It is worth studying, and the study of these questions may be helpful to study the literature of Western Jin Dynasty.The paper uses the research method of both on literature and history to write the study of Pan Ni. It studies Pan Ni by comparing with other authors in the same times. It talks about the whole life of Pan Ni, the thought of him ,his works and so on. The paper consists three parts. First, it presents all of Pan Ni's difficult and dangerous life. It sums up the particularity of Pan Ni among the scholars in Western Jin Dynasty. Second, it mainly studies the works of Pan Ni. It analyzes them to the point. And third, the paper tells something about Pan Ni in many books on history of literature. It talks the meaning of the study of Pan Ni today. Pan Ni is justly evaluated in the paper.Really, among the men of litters in Western Jin Dynasty Pan Ni did very well in it. It could be attributed to his thought. Confucianism was the mainly thought of Pan Ni. But he was not a total follower of Confucius, he loved Taoistic thought as well. Pan Ni read a lot of books at home when he was young. Although he liked Taoistic as well because of the special times , it was without a doubt that Confucianism affected Pan Ni a lot. And just because of this, Pan Ni could not create works free. That was why there were shortcomings in his works. But the works wrote by Pan Ni we can see today also have its good points in subject matters, thoughts and means of artistic expression. It is well known that Confucianism played a most important part in the development of Chinese Literature. In Western Jin Dynasty when the influence of Confucianism was low, Pan Ni was one of the confucian writers who were the very few in the dynasty and played a part in Chinese literature history.The author tried her best to write each word exactly by searching vast stores of dry information. The paper is hoped to do something helpful in the studying on literature of Western Jin Dynasty.