The Imagined Dutiful Son:Symbolization of Wang Xiang in the Northern-Southern Dynasties
By comparing the classics of the Wei-Jin Dynasties and the Northern-Southern Dynasties,it can be found that the image of Wang Xiang's dutiful son in the WeiJin dynasties was the product of careful management,and the political atmosphere was strong.However,Wang Xiang of the Northern-Southern Dy-nasties is a dutiful son in everyone's imagination,with the characteristics of an ideal dutiful son.When Wang Xiang became the perfect dutiful son in everyone's imagination,he was inevitably symbolized.This symbolization is manifested in the allusion of Wang Xiang's filial piety and the derivation of the meaning of Wang Xiang's name.The main reason for this is the change in the literary form and narrative technique of the documents that record Wang Xiang's filial piety,and he has shifted from a historical figure to a lit-erary figure.And because Wang Xiang and his deeds have a beautiful meaning and his special identity,he can become the most representative symbol of filial piety culture.