The Elevation and Motivation of Hanyu's Writings in the Qing Dynasty
The status of Han Yu and his ancient writings was significantly upgraded in the Qing Dynasty.The Qing dynasty shaped Han's literary tradition from the traditional view of literature and Taoism;the inter-pretation of Han's"love is benevolence"that is consistent with the idea of Taoism and the practice of upgra-ding his Taoism traditions constantly elevated his status in Taoism tradition.The Qing government's recogni-tion of Han Yu's Taoism tradition was to recognize and construct the orthodox status of its own Taoism tradi-tion,and the promotion and establishment of orthodox concepts was to obtain its own ruling traditions.The main reason for Han Yu to become the target of the Qing government and the scholars to elevate his status is the relationship between Han Yu's own characteristics of writing ancient texts and the reality of the Qing dy-nasty's"unity of governance and Taoism"The Qing Dynasty was an important period in the process of Han Yu's prose classicization,and the classicization shaping of Han Yu's prose by Qing Dy-nasty scholars still affects our current reading of ancient Chinese literature.
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