Research On Dunhuang Speaking And Singing Literature In Non-Religious Subjects

Dunhuang's suicide note was found more than 100 years ago.In Dunhuang's suicide note,the speaking and singing literary works is of great importance in the history of Chinese speaking and singing literature.It is the foundation of the speaking and singing literature of the Song,Yuan,Ming and Qing dynasties.Dunhuang's speaking and singing literature on non-religious subjects has very few articles in Dunhuang's speaking and singing literature.But its origin is long and its style is clear.Infact,it is the focus of the entire Dunhuang's speaking and singing literature.However,scholars on Dunhuang's speaking and singing has not yet studied it as a whole.We have identified 25 existing non-religious themes of Dunhuang's speaking and singing literary works,based on the original title,contemporary humanities and textual features.According to different systems,they are divided into four categories: Bianwen,Ciwen,Huaben,and Gushifu.Because the academic research on the institutional origins of the seven essays of Bianwen has been quite incisive,this paper focuses on the institutional characteristics and origins of Ciwen,Huaben,and Gushifu.Ciwen mainly narrates the traditional historical stories,folk legends and folk customs of the country in the seven-character verse.The origin of the system is inherited from the Han Wei Yuefu poems and the folk seven-character narrative songs.In the vernacular,Huaben tells the story of traditional Chinese history and folklore.In the system,it originates from the traditional "speaking" of the Chinese art.Gushifu is based on four or six words.It tells the story of traditional Chinese history,folklore and fables.Its stories are funny,its characters are humorous,and its themes are far-reaching.The system is based on the traditional Chinese humorous Fu.In the non-religious subject Dunhuang speaking and singing literature,Bianwen is greatly influenced by the Buddhism system.The systemsand subjects of Ciwen,Huaben,Gushifu are mainly the traditional Chinese speaking and singing literature.Of course,we do not deny that Ciwen,Huaben,and Gushifu are more or less influenced by Bianwen.Dunhuang speaking and singing literature on non-religious subjects is a solid system and subject matter foundation for later generations of singing literature.On the basis of it,during the Song,Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties,new speaking and singing systems such as Huaben,Zhugongdiao,Tanci,and Guci were gradually formed.Their subject matter categories are mainly short legends and long historical stories.Their materials are very rich.These came from non-religious themes Dunhuang speaking and singing literature.The non-religious theme Dunhuang's speaking and singing literature really opened up a new chapter of singing literature such as Huaben,Zhugongdiao,Tanci,and Guci in the Song,Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties.