The Weixi Article Theory And Its Practice

Wei Xi was born in the end of Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, he was the most representative writer of that turbulent period.Wei Xi,Hou Fang and Wang Wan were famed Three Masters of Essays in the beginning of Qing Dynasty.In the ancient days , prose in the harsh reality and the situation gave new brilliance,. At the same time, the unrest social reality also encouraged people to introspect and examine closely the imperial examinations eight-part essays and system,which had been popular for almost three hundred years.Wei Xi's writing theory and corresponding practice emeraged in this background. His literary works and theory was unique compared with the other prose in the early Qing Dynasty.His writing theory and practice like a spear stabbed into the core of the imperial examination system, revealing its harm. He also put forward the reform of imperial examination system, and took up the related creation.Besides the introduction and conclusion ,there are four chapters inall in this article:The first chapter briefly introduces Wei Xi's family and life,including the social reality in late Ming and early Qing Dnasty.The thick cultural and life experience of Wei Xi have a profound influence on his literary worksand theory.The second chapter is the interpretation of WeiXi's theory and practice. The theory is mainly about WeiXi's prose. His emphasis on classical literature and reasoning, basic, practical, learn ancient and has changed. His works can be roughly divided into Jinxi practical essay, ChunYa deep miscellanea, XiongJin meaningful book preface and PiaoJian XiangMi of ethnography, each has its own characteristics. From the analysis of the representative works of prose, it strive to combine Weixi theory with practice and grasp the theory of its ancient prose from macroscopic understanding.The third chapter, exploration and practice WeiXi via view. This is the focal point of this article, which was not professional researched by previous researchers. WeiXi is proficient in eight-part essays, opposed stereotyped writing, but also have to be long-existing stereotyped by itself as a rofessor, it's seemingly contradictory, but the necessity. Wei Xi pointed out that the essence of the stereotyped is only on the surface. It has no real meaning. He liked the articles which are not rule-bound. He criticized stereotyped strongly and proposed abolishes the eight-legged essay. He advocated to using the discussion literary style in test. His brothers'view is the supplement of his view. Wei Xi's articles have ideological content. They are depth, freedom of thought. The style reflects the practicality and feasibility of the imperial style.The fourth chapter is the views comparison of Three Masters of Essays in early Qing Dynasty. Briefly discuss three imperial process from the view of Eight-part Essay which researcher pay little attention on, and to explore similarities and differences of three eight-part essays, especially focused on the view of HouFangYu eight-part essays. It also analyzes the relationship between prose and eight-part essays.In addition, an index is attached with the views from Qing Dynasty to modern times.