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The Important Character In "Zuo Zhuan"

Posted on:2013-01-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y L LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2215330374461631Subject:Ancient Chinese literature
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"Zuo Zhuan" is a historical record of ancient China but also a record full ofliterature features. The author write objective account of history, and also created manyof the distinctive characters. By the depiction of one character, the author express hispositive or negative thought about the society, in the same time, he express this feelingthough his writing characters, generally, shape for the Spring and Autumn Periodminister of state image is particularly striking. The reasons that why the author chooseto write about the important political character are: first, important political charactersare numerous, catching the most attention and having the factual political rights in thewhole book, so that the characters are very classical; second, for built one character, theauthor is usually dispersed the major quality through a quit long time, at the aims forexpress the quality of one person fully and comprehensively in different standpoint orlevel. Therefore "Zuo Zhuan" is a book to let us recognize the feature of Spring andAutumn Period and have a significant value of character-representing. As a result, thisessay is pay attention to the important political person in Spring and Autumn Period, bythe standard of their performance in the history,role and attitude of the people, dividethe important political person into Xian Chen, Quan Chen, Luan Chen and relativelypick three person out, depicted the three deliberately by connecting the periodbackground for reaching the goal of grasp the character in that time rightful anddistinctly and then to comprehend the character in "Zuo Zhuan" more deeply.The major part of this book divide into three parts: first, the analysis about theXian Chen Zi Chan. He is a person who work hard, have a far-reaching thought,plausible and brave, open-minded, love his country and citizen. Confucius used to say,he is a legacy who passed from the ancient wisdom. He is the major character in "ZuoZhuan", the author depicted him at a large page and writing carefully to build Zi Chanas a person who have wise words and noble deeds and a leading power for thedescendants. Second, the analysis about the powerful minister Zhao Dun. He is a personin dispute who born in a blue blood family, have really talent and was respected by hiscitizen. Confucius used to called him as Mr. Personage, but he is favor of seize the rights from others and his deeds of killing the ruler then take away his dominant powerwere criticized by the later. He is a paradoxical character of powerful official and eventhe whole classical character of it. Third, the analysis about the Luan Chen Cui Zhu. Heis the spokesman of trouble-maker from the ancient time to nowadays. Greedydomineering, callous and cruel is his name card, to act in collusion with Qing Feng leadto the disaster of Cui family. Not only the country but the family is in disorder andending with a tragedy. So he is the classical representatives of the official traitor.
Keywords/Search Tags:"Zuo Zhuan", Xian Chen, Quan Chen, Luan Chen, character image
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