A Preliminary Discussion on the Public Opinion of "Not All Officials in the Siku Palace Can Be Dismissed"——A Case Study of the Words in "Summary of the General Catalogue of Four Branches of Books·Lyrics and Music"
Due to the influence of the concept of"descending due to the accumulation of layers"and"inferior rank"in the genre of Ci,the officials of the"Siku Palace"showed a contemptuous attitude towards Ci in the"General Catalogue".In order to achieve the goal of"sweeping away the domain and reaching the public with one standard"in the"General Catalogue",the officials of the Siku Palace made a public opinion on the words from five aspects that could not be completely rejected:firstly,they made diversified evaluations of the included literature and its authors;the second is not to deny works based on personal qualities;thirdly,independent judgment should be made without relying on previous reviews;fourthly,based on the overall situation,we do not harshly criticize the poet;fifth,we give certain attention to some writers who are not well-known.From this,we can also see the public opinions made by the officials on the genre of Ci.
"Summary of the General Catalogue of Four Branches of Books"Ciopinions upon the study of Ci