Research On Family Letters In Wei And Jin Dynasties

Ancient family letters,as an applied style of information exchange and emotional exchange between relatives,is a kind of single written exchange system with the nature of private dialogue between family relatives.It germinated in the pre-Qin Dynasty,developed in Qin and Han Dynasties and matured in Wei and Jin Dynasties.Among them,the Wei-Jin family letters are the backbone in the history of family letters.At present,Yan Kejun’s All Ancient,Three Generations,Qin,Han,Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties Literature is the most systematic collection of Wei and Jin letters,which can be used as the research center.Judging from the contents of Wei-Jin letters,they can be divided into at least four types,namely,studying for practical use,managing the family in harmony,following the official’s duty,and making final decisions.The development of letters from home in this period is closely related to the environment of the times and the disseminators themselves,which mainly shows that under the background of frequent wars and the confluence of three religions in Wei and Jin Dynasties,the elders put forward ardent instructions to the younger generation on how to "cultivate one’s morality,keep the family together,govern the country and make the world peaceful";Peers often use letters to communicate all kinds of cultural and political affairs and daily trivial matters in home letters.From the form of Wei-Jin letters,we can find that Wei-Jin letters have formed writing paradigms with their own characteristics of the times in terms of style,composition and style.In terms of style,people attache great importance to communication etiquette,and follows the principle of courtesy and respect in the beginning,text,end and signature of letters from home.In terms of composition,people pay attention to the layout of articles,especially the structural skills such as the beginning,ending,logic and cohesion of letters from home.Stylistically,influenced by Ci-Fu and landscape poems,Wei-Jin family letters began to have the color of couple in sentence pattern,rhythm and style.In the process of sorting out and studying the Wei-Jin family letters,it is found that the Wei-Jin family letters have shown great application value to the later society,literature,art and history.It is mainly manifested in connecting human relations and shaping personality in social family;Developed literary criticism in literature and art,perfected the style system,and promoted calligraphy creation;In historiography,it shows the style of the times in the personal vision and the personal temperament revealed in the private heart,and becomes the best supplementary material for historical records.In a word,the Wei-Jin family letters have matured in writing,theory and other aspects,and play an important role in the history of family letters.At the same time,as an excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation,Wei-Jin family letters show multiple application values in a specific era,laying a profound cultural foundation for later generations’ literary development,family writing,family style education and even contemporary cultural construction.Although the decline of traditional paper letters from home is an inevitable trend,the multi-cultural values contained in them can be transformed creatively by us,thus having a new era connotation.I believe that with the strong support of the party and the state,the charm of traditional letters from home will shine brightly in the world!...