Research On Yang Lian

Yang Lian(1571-1625),his courtesy name is Wenru,literally name is Dahong,who lived in Yingshan,Huguang(now it belongs to Guangshui,Hubei).Yang Lian was a famous minister in the late Ming Dynasty,who was murdered by Wei Zhongxian.When Chongzhen ascended a throne,Yang Lian was awarded with Tutor to the Crown Prince and Minister of Military,and his posthumous title was "loyalty".I mainly study Yang Lian and his works,including Yang lian's thoughts,Yang lian's prose art and Yang lian's life-stories,from the perspective of literature and philology in this thesis.There are a lot of material about Yang lian's thoughts,and study is relatively rich on thoughts of late Ming Dynasty and Donglin Party.Aiming at the complexity of Yang lian's thoughts,I make a preliminary and comprehensive exploration of Yang lian's thoughts on military,administration and economic in this thesis.Yangming's school of Buddhist Philosophy Characteristic had a influence on Yang lian's thoughts,which turned to Shixue finally.Yang lian's thoughts are relatively good in Li,administration,finance and military.There is a relatively strong personality in Yang Lian's prose,at the same time,his prose was influenced by the literary current of that era.His letters are natural,which were influenced by the Later Heptaschool.And his Coushus express with deep feelings and enthusiasm,with the characteristics of the Later Heptaschool's prose.His works such as parallel prose are also attractive.I briefly outline the life story of Yang Lian.Yang Lian's posterity,Yang Zhengwu,compiled "Chronology of Yang Lian" during Jiaqing period,but that chronology is biased in stylistic rules and layout and disordered in materials.Combined with the era background,I briefly sort out life story of Yang Lian based on the situation of YangLian's thoughts growth,association and creation.