Zhang Zilie’s Mentality Of The Adherent And His Literary World

The transformation of the Ming to Qing dynasties caused enormous social unrest,which had a profound impact on the fate of the country and the people.Zhang Zilie was an adherents of a former dynasty of the Ming to Qing dynasties.The stage of Fu She gave him the opportunity to exert his literary ideas.However,the war of transformation from the Ming to Qing dynasties destroyed his family and reduced him to an adherents of a former dynasty.The demise of the country and nation,as well as the transformation of ideology and culture,resulted in his special mentality as an adherents of an former dynasty.His years of living in exile and drifting have also forged his resolute personality.His mentality and personality are clearly reflected in his literary works,and many of his literary works reveal the face of the lives of literati and common people of that era;In addition,while inheriting the literary thoughts of his predecessors,he also proposed his own theory of poetry and prose,which has a certain system and is more reflected in his series of creative and critical practices.His literary works are a true image of his tragic fate and the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties.The first chapter mainly examines the trajectory of Zhang Zilie’s ideological changes as an adherents of a former dynasty from his poetry and prose works.Zhang Zilie was born in a declining hermit family,and his ancestors were not officials.At the age of 17,he left home to travel and study,making a living in various places.The harassment of officers and soldiers and the invasion of the Qing army deepened his suffering.His father and younger brother were killed in the turmoil,and his best friends died for the country in order to assemble the army to resist the rule of the Qing dynasty.He also became an adherents of a former dynasty;However,as time went by,his mindset gradually shifted from suffering to rationality.He began to objectively analyze the situation in the late Ming Dynasty,calmly reflect on the causes of the demise of the Ming Dynasty,and face fate with an open-minded attitude.Finally,he chose to write books and lectures to inherit Tao and ideals.The second chapter analyzes Zhang Zilie’s catering and development to the literary atmosphere of the late Ming Dynasty.In the late Ming Dynasty,the literary world was dominated by a pragmatic trend of thought,which changed from Literature used to illustrate Tao to Literature used to inherit Tao,advocating the theory of vitality.Under the influence of this background,Zhang Zilie deliberately pursued the practical learning Neo-Confucianism in ancient literary creation,calling for the joint construction of learning from the Tao and preserving historical consciousness,and presenting the embodiment of vitality as emotion and righteousness;In poetry creation,he pursues talent and legalism,but he pursues more sculpture and nature.In addition,there are a large number of self-evaluations and others’ evaluations in Zhang Zilie’s poetry and literary works.These special forms of comments not only provide an explanation of the creative background of the article,but also facilitate readers to understand their thoughts and grammar.The third chapter starts from the new practice of the Eight-part Literary Innovation in the context of the Ming and Qing dynasties’ transformation,taking the debate between Zhang Zilie and Ai Nanying in the late Ming dynasty as a representative,explores the transformation and practice of the Eight-part Literary Innovation by Zhang Zilie and Ai Nanying,and analyzes the publishing atmosphere during the Ming and Qing dynasties’ transformation from their different perspectives.In order to compete for the publishing discourse of the eight part essay anthologies and expand the influence of literary ideas,Ai Nanying and Zhang Zilie argued over the Debate on the eight-part essay Literature,which was actually a literary debate between the Contemporary School and the Retro School,and other scholars also joined in,pointing out each other’s shortcomings in the form of anthologies and letters.During this debate,Zhang Zilie wrote several eight part essays He has compiled several anthologies of the eight part essay to practice his literary ideas.The fourth chapter mainly discusses Zhang Zilie’s acceptance of Tao Yuanming’s poetry and prose driven by the mentality of the adherents.As an adherent from the Jin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty,Tao Yuanming’s steadfast thoughts and indomitable spirit triggered the interest and recognition of Zhang Zilie and other Ming adherents in their identity and poetry.Zhang Zilie not only rewrote The Biography of Tao Qian,a Jin Dynasty monk,but also edited and commented on the six volumes of Notes and Commentaries on Collection of Tao Yuanming’s Poems and Essays,correcting the views of previous generations on Tao,and carefully analyzing the specific sentences of Tao Yuanming’s poetry and prose to tap into Tao Yuanming’s inner feelings;Combining the social background at that time,it also endowed Tao’s poetry criticism with realistic critical significance,opening up a new path for later generations to comment on Tao’s poetry.In summary,as a representative of the literati who survived the Ming and Qing dynasties,Zhang Zilie described in detail the transformation of their identity and the reconstruction of their mentality in his poetry and writings,reflecting the complex and contradictory common mood of the literati during the Ming and Qing dynasties;His literary ideas and works of poetry and prose not only catered to the literary world in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties,but also innovated.With distinctive personal characteristics,prominent practical tendencies,and rigorous innovation consciousness,he is a benchmark for Fu She literature and a typical example of adherents of a former dynasty literature,with important ideological value and literary significance.