Wei Xi’s Study Of Zuo Zhuan

As a adherent of the Ming Dynasty,Wei Xi experienced the changes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,and was touched by the social tragedy in the late Ming Dynasty.He devoted himself to the study of statecraft.He summarized the success and failure of the past and the present from Zuozhuan.He selected the historical events in Zuozhuan that contained statecraft strategies to analyze and elaborate,and made great efforts to explore the statecraft in Zuozhuan,such as the people-oriented thought,the way of monarch and minister,the way of barbarians Based on this,this paper discusses Wei Xi’s study of Zuo Zhuan.Under the special historical background,Wei Xi’s academic thought was impacted by the social reality,which made Wei Xi begin to pay attention to the reality and do knowledge for the world.All kinds of literary works are aimed at pursuing practical application.At the same time,influenced by the feelings of family and country in family studies,Wei Xi had a strong feeling of adherents after the death of Ming Dynasty.He took the initiative to draw a clear line with the Qing government.In the process of commenting on Zuo Zhuan,he also infiltrated the idea of distinguishing between Yi and Xia.However,with the stability of the Qing Dynasty,Wei Xi’s idea of distinguishing between Yi and Xia was gradually dispelled,and began to redefine national relations and reflect on the reasons for the rise and fall of the country;By commenting on Zuo Zhuan,Wei Xi expressed his views on the monarch and the minister and the people,which reflected the people-oriented and the people valued the monarch and despised the monarch;At the same time,this paper expounds the military strategy in Zuo zhuan,and concludes that there are fifty-four kinds of military strategy and tactics in the war of Zuo zhuan,forming its own military ideology system,including psychological tactics,surprise tactics,spy tactics,as well as war preparedness thought,diplomatic strategy,military discipline construction,generals’ ability,etc.in order to guide the early Qing Dynasty Military activities of the United States.Wei Xi’s Thoughts on the art of war not only play a role in governing the world,but also have an impact on his composition.Wei Xi’s comments on Zuo Zhuan are based on the art of war and pedestrian rhetoric,and the style of writing is vigorous and heroic.In addition,Wei Xi also advocated the literary theory of "accumulating theory and practicing knowledge",which requires the combination of composition and selfcultivation,so as to increase insight and enrich emotion.The purpose of Wei Xi’s discussion on the art of war in Zuo Zhuan is to summarize the reasons for the victory and defeat of the states in the spring and Autumn period,so as to make the past serve the present and serve the real society.This is the practice of his academic thought of "managing the world for practical use" and promotes the development of practical learning in the early Qing Dynasty;At the same time,because of the limitations of the times and personal military practice experience,Wei Xi’s military thought also has some shortcomings,such as lack of innovation and operability,and some thoughts are confined by feudal thought,which is difficult to get out of the rut.