A Study Of The Pictures Of Tilling And Weaving In Daily-Use Books

Daily-use books are a type of commercial book mainly published by commercial printing.They originated from the Shi Lin Guang Ji during the Song and Yuan dynasties,and appeared in large numbers on the mid-and-late Ming Dynasty.By the Qing Dynasty,they developed into the Wanbao Quanshu system.As early as the Yuan Dynasty,depicting tilling and weaving images were inserted into the agricultural section of Daily-use books.In the mid-and-late Ming Dynasty,Pictures of tilling and weaving represented by the Nong Wu Nv Hong Tu were commonly seen in The agricultural section of Daily-use books.At present,the academic community pays a little attention to the Pictures of tilling and weaving in Daily-use books,mainly focusing on the Ming Dynasty;And some studies have erroneous perspectives.So the paper takes the Pictures of tilling and weaving in Daily-use books as the research object,using interdisciplinary research methods and based on textual studies,explores the social and cultural significance of the Pictures of tilling and weaving in Daily-use books,and corrects misconceptions in the academic community.The introduction explains the research status,research ideas,and methods,and so on.Chapterl mainly studies the images of tilling and weaving preserved in the agricultural section of Shi Lin Guang Ji from the Yuan Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty.Then,sort out and introduce the Pictures of tilling and weaving preserved in Daily-use books of the mid to late Ming Dynasty.Chapter2 mainly constructs and studies the stemma of the Pictures of tilling and weaving in Ming&Qing Daily-use books.Firstly,introduce the Western Stemmatic and make improvements to eliminate its theoretical flaws.Then,using the method to constructs the true path of the dissemination of the Pictures of tilling and weaving in Ming Daily-use books,proving that the Pictures of tilling and weaving in Ming Daily-use books did not originate from the Bian Ming Tu Zuan,and Kuang Fan was not the author of the Nong Wu Nv Hong Tu.Finally,the Pictures of tilling and weaving in Daily-use books of Qing Dynasty are sorted out,and constructs the stemma of the Pictures of tilling and weaving in Ming&Qing Daily-use books.Chapter3 first introduces the development process from Lou Shu’s Pictures of tilling and weaving to Imperial Pictures of tilling and weaving,and then proposes three systems for the dissemination of Pictures of tilling and weaving:Lou Shu system,Daily-use books System,and Imperial System.Secondly,analyzes the differences and similarities in pictures and texts of the three systems,as well as the differences in publication and circulation.Finally,analyze the significance behind the three systems.The main purpose of the Lou Shu the Pictures of tilling and weaving is to advise,The Qing Dynasty’s imperial Pictures of tilling and weaving was a form of education for descendants.At present,the academic community believe that the main function of the Pictures of tilling and weaving in the Daily-use books is technical communication.Chapter4 focuses on the technical communication function of the Pictures of tilling and weaving in the Daily-use books.From the internal perspective of the text,the errors and confusion of pictures,as well as the limitations of pictures and poetry,are the main defects of the Pictures of tilling and weaving in the Daily-use books.From a diachronic perspective,the continuous decline in quality and quantity is an overall trend in the development of the Pictures of tilling and weaving in the Daily-use books.Therefore,the Pictures of tilling and weaving in the Daily-use books are difficult to play the role of technical communication.The reason for this understanding is that the Pictures of tilling and weaving are placed in the agricultural category in the traditional Chinese bibliography,and the nature of the Daily-use books.Chapter5 mainly focuses on The agricultural section of the Daily-use books where the Pictures of tilling and weaving are located,as well as the readers and nature of Daily-use books.The agricultural section of the Daily-use books did not originate from the Bian Ming Tu Zuan,and its knowledge changes may be the result of the participation of booksellers,not a direct reflection of agricultural production and agricultural concepts at that time.The claim of "convenient use for the gentry scholars,peasants,craftsmen and merchants" in Daily-use books is not equivalent to the real readers in reality.It is largely a knowledgeable books for the minor literati to browse and read.The Pictures of tilling and weaving in the Daily-use books is actually a knowledgeable text based on commercial interests.Like the Pictures of tilling and weaving in other systems,it shows a concept of valuing agriculture,and does not have the function of technical communication.Chapter6 attempts to re-understand the cultural significance of Pictures of tilling and weaving based on the above research and Art theory.Compared to "Painting","Picture" has a deeper expressive function and encompasses a wider range of human experiences.The ultimate goal of ancient Chinese painting was to approach the "Picture".The tilling and weaving is a traditional Chinese painting theme.Prior to Lou Shu,previous works remained in the stage of "Painting",and only Lou Shu’s Pictures of tilling and weaving achieved a transformation from "Painting" to "Picture".The reasons for this transformation are not only the changes in painting concepts,but also the operation of power fields,and are closely related to the intervention of woodblock printing.The birth of the the Nong Wu Nv Hong Tu marks the completion of the transformation of the Lou Shu’s Pictures of tilling and weaving,and has become a widely accepted cultural symbol among all social classes.The conclusion explores the research on Daily-use books and ancient agricultural books.