The Advocating Virtue Consciousness and Discourse Style of Noble Poems in Shi Jing
In the poetry of the middle period of the Western Zhou Dynasty,"virtue"is a discourse rhetoric dominated by the royal family:"virtue"is the foundation for the royal family to obtain"destiny",a rhetorical discourse for the royal family to implement policies and other behaviors,and a kind of expectation and demand from the royal family towards the nobles.The role of virtue in these three aspects has undergone new changes during the reigns of King Li and King Xuan of Zhou.Firstly,"virtue"changed from a requirement for the aristocratic group during the reign of King Li to a rhetorical discourse for the nobles to express their personal admonition towards the king.The poetry's singing of"virtue"in the cultivation of the royal family has been transformed into a rhetorical discourse praising the nobles.The poetry's advocacy for the inheritance of the royal"virtue"in politics was transformed into a rhetorical discourse for military achievements.During the period of King You and King Ping of Zhou,the poetry advocating"virtue"presented different characteristics and discourse forms of the times due to the different identities of the authors and the objects they faced.Yi is a modification of the royal family's private morality and moral governance formed by the nobility based on traditional political discourse,and encouragement for the royal family from the perspective of the state,Bin Zhi Chu Yan is a criticism and admonition by the nobles based on traditional banquet etiquette towards their drinking behavior and immorality.
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