The Study On Purport Of Citing And Explaining History By Pro-qin Scholars : Take The Confucian,mohist, Taoist And The Legist Schools For Example

Previous scholars who cover the Pre-Qin historiography bud, pay more attention to the genre and the historical setting, historiographer style of the manifestations, historical view, yet the investigation of the history purport of the Pre-Qin period is relatively less, although is involved, but not as the investigation of the Pre-Qin period, an important theme historical condition to treat. Based on the analysis of the Confucian,Mohist, Taost and the Legist School, four citations of history and explanation, this paper intends to explore its historic purpose.In the pre-qin period philosophers relied on officials academic, because of social political reality "the ritual corrupted etiquette caved", one of officials academic took the full of salvation feelings allegedly its theories claims. In the book, reform under the cover of antiquity showed interest in endless, but there is a common ground, namely obey the needs of all doctrines. Thinkers'doubt and criticism of history examination show some of the historical reasons, but this kind of doubt and criticism is also based on debate needs, and became a tool and weapon for mutual criticism. Philosophers of Pre-Qin, whose general look and interests, both with historical heredity, and highlights age characteristics: the basic connotation of confirm history, not by "historical archetypes object" responsive to, but in general history with existing cognition. The explanation in the historical fact couldn't see the inner relation and systematic connection, and shows the political ethic order value levels, and deeming the tendency of real value is preferred. Then history cited by Philosophers of Pre-Qin is not history itself as the standard.