Research On The Changes Of The Analects Of Confucius In The Northern Song Dynasty

"The Analects of Confucius" is an important carrier of primitive Confucianism and occupies an important position in the Confucian classics.Scholars in later generations exposited the words "The Analects of Confucius" and noted the verses of "The Analects of Confucius".They continued to accumulate and gradually formed the fruitful research results of the Analects of Confucius.Due to the different historical environment and cultural trends,each era is printed with the characteristics of the era of the commentator.The Northern Song Dynasty was a prosperous period of note in the Analects of Confucius.The commentator’s commentary on "The Analects of Confucius" naturally stigmatizes the unique cultural ideology of the Northern Song Dynasty,thus showing a different spiritual character from the previous generation.It is unique in the history of the Chinese Analects.This article intercepts the fragment of "The Analects of Confucius" in the Northern Song Dynasty and tries to outline the basic appearance of the rhetoric of the Analects of the Northern Song Dynasty.This paper first briefly combs the social and cultural background of the development of the Analects of Confucius in the Northern Song Dynasty.Focusing on exploring the historical context of the commentary on the Analects of Confucius in the Northern Song Dynasty,the commentary on the Analects of the Northern Song Dynasty was largely followed by two stages.The early period of the Northern Song Dynasty,The Analects of Confucius,was annotated,inherited the old school of the Han and Tang dynasties,was innovative in keeping the old,and extended in innovation.Although Xing Bin’s "The Analects of Confucius Justice" and Liu Chang’s "The Analects of Confucius",the interpretation of the "The Analects of Confucius" is somewhat weak,but their efforts to open up the path for the later rise of the Analects of Confucius.In the late period of the Song Dynasty,with the rise of the Song Xue,the remarks in the Analects of Confucius apparently had Song Xuecharacteristics.Chen Xiangdao’s "The Analects of Confucius" is a note that focuses on the ritual system;Cheng Yi makes "The Analects of Confucius",which is the reasoning of the Analects of Confucius.The interpretation of the "The Analects of Confucius" is explained by Su Shi’s "The Analects of Confucius" and Su Zhe’s "The Analects of Confucius Supplement".Through the literature of the Analects of Confucius in the Northern Song Dynasty,the article unravels the rhetorical path of research on the Analects of Confucius in the Northern Song Dynasty,and then explores the far-reaching influence of the research on the Analects of the Northern Song Dynasty on the later generations and its significance to the study of the modern Analects of Confucius.The author attempts to provide a useful reference for the Analects of the Analects and the study of the theory of reasoning through such efforts.