Research On Zhou Gongchen's History Of Lisao Plants

The History of Lisao Plants is a research monograph on Chuci created by Ming scholar Zhou Gongchen in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Scholars during the Ming and Qing dynasties paid attention to Chuci with the pain of their country to express their feelings of grief and indignation.Zhou Gongchen reading Lisao felt the same,lamenting that the things in it were all the painstaking effort for Qu Yuan.He was well-knowledgeable and well-searched.He intended to thoroughly understand the origins of Lisao in order to violently understand the origins of it,expressing his personal experience and expressing his concern for the country and the people.At the same time,he tried to use the plants in Lisao to govern people and publish his way of governing the world.Due to the peculiarity of the times,and this book has not been included in the Siku Quanshu,The History of Lisao Plants has not attracted much attention in the academic circle,but due to the special background of the time,Zhou Gongchen took his initiative to note Chuci.Therefore,The History of Lisao Plants also provides a new perspective for the study of Chuci.The first chapter is an introduction to Zhou Gongchen's anecdotes,and a review of the version and spread of Lisao Plants and History.Zhou Gongchen sighed that his life was not perfect.He was learned and hard-working,but he had no ambition and had nowhere to show.In his later years,because he experienced the changes and dynasty perish of the Ming,he devoted to interpretation and devoted to creation The History of Lisao Plants.This book was roughly written around the end of Chongzhen.Existing editions include the original engraved version of Shengyuzhai in Tongxiang,the reprint of Shengyuzhai in the eighth year of Qing Dynasty(1803),the reprint of Shengyuzhai in the eighth year of Qing dynasty(1846),and the edition by Sun Jiqian,etc.,and the 2019 edition by Huang Linggeng.The second chapter discusses the style and annotation features of The History of Lisao Plants.The title,preface,table of contents,and chapters are complete.Only the works of Qu Yuan and Song Yu are included in the book,and a small preface is attached to the beginning of each chapter to explain the purpose.When annotating the contents was plentiful.More than 120 books were cited.As a traditional Confucian,Zhou Gongchen note that Lisao is good at Confucianism to relieve his quarrel,and deeply expressed Qu Yuan's patriotic thought.He also praised Qu Yuan's adherence to the good quality and admired his "dead body" even more.The feat,his interpretation of Qu Yuan's poems are intended to strengthen Qu Yuan's loyal image.The third chapter is the analysis of literary thoughts in The History of Lisao Plants.Zhou Gongchen's note on Chuci solicits quotations,explaining the origin of the famous objects,and comparing the famous objects with more advanced ones.While inheriting the predecessors' doctrine,he also has his own opinions and interpretations.At the same time,due to a similar life situation to Qu Yuan,Zhou Gongchen,who compares himself to his confidante in different generations,in the commentary on Chuci,put more trust in his life experience,alluding to the tragic destruction of the ruling clique in the late Ming Dynasty to pin on his nostalgia and sorrow for the homeland.Zhou Gongchen elucidate the meaning of governing famous objects and governing people in Chuci,and discussing the way of monarchs and ministers.In addition,Zhou Gongchen is a poet.He wrote more than four hundred poems.The emotional tone and unique artistic characteristics of the "lonely and anger" in the poems,as well as the use of more virtuous techniques in the poems,have all imitated Chuci.The fourth chapter discusses the status of Li Sao's Plant History.Zhou Gongchen attaches importance to exegesis,he cites works on classics,historiography,literature,pre-Qin dynasties,geography and water conservancy,astronomical calendars,myths and legends,etc..He has a wide range of research fields and rigorous academic attitude.Zhou Gongchen sought to innovate and change,criticized and inherited his predecessors,put forward a lot of new ideas,and expanded the thinking of later generations to interpret Chuci.In addition,The History of Lisao Plants adopts the method of commentary and commentary.Zhou Gongchen pays attention to the literary instruction and explains the meaning of the text.However,under the influence of the ideological trend in the Ming and Qing dynasties,Zhou Gongchen often deliberately sought for new things when he wrote "Sao",which would inevitably have the disadvantages of piercing and affiliation.There were some errors in quoting the classics.Although The History of Lisao Plants has its disadvantages and omissions,its flaws are not concealed.This book can be regarded as a very important work in the research history of Chuci.