From Song Wenjian to Ming Wenhai:The Establishment and Development of the"Orthodox Prose"View of Eastern Zhejiang School
Song Wenjian and Ming Wenhai are two important academic works in the history of Chinese liter-ature,which embody the establishment and development of the"Orthodox Prose"view of the eastern Zhe-jiang School.As a collection of poems and articles of the Song Dynasty,the compilation of Song Wenjian reflects Lyu Zuqian's academic transformation from attaching importance to the study of classics to the study of history and literature,and constructs the genealogy of literary inheritance with six writers in the Song Dynasty as the main body,as well as the preaching and article paradigm of"Orthodox Prose of the Song Dynasty".Drawing on the practice of Song Wenjian,Ming Wenhai edited by Huang Zongxi,put for-ward the concept of orthodox prose of the Ming Dynasty,connected the academic tradition with the literary tradition,and believed that Song Lian and Wang Hui were the founders of orthodox prose in the Ming Dy-nasty.The selection of articles in Ming Wenhai reflects the principle of attaching importance to classics and history,attaching importance to articles related to real politics,and showing the tendency of reflecting both moral ability and pursuing political practice.Huang Zongxi inherited the academic tradition of Zhejiang at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty and that of Wang Shouren and Liu Zongzhou respectively,and advo-cated the articles with strong feelings,which made the integration of literature and morality in eastern Zhe-jiang more harmonious.The scholarship on eastern Zhejiang literature laid the foundation of Zhejiang's ac-ademic and literary tradition.From Lyu Zuqian to Huang Zongxi,the Zhejiang School constructed the liter-ary and academic tradition of attaching importance to classics,history and realpolitik through the compila-tion of poems and articles.The compilation of Song Wenjian and Ming Wenhai reflects the academic thoughts of eastern Zhejiang scholars to promote politics through articles.
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