A Study of Confucian Music Indoctrination Ideology in the"First Four Histories"
The Confucian thought on music ideology in the"First Four Histories"originated from pre-Qin Confucianism,which also emphasized the social attribute and educational value of music.The Records of the Grand Historian and the Annals of the Former Han Dynasty tried their best to justify mu-sic education,admonishing the monarchs to stop indulging in pleasure and to promote music as a form of indoctrination for the whole world.The Annals of the Later Han Dynasty and the Records of the Three Kingdoms recorded the practice of reviving rites and music in the early Eastern Han Dynasty and during Cao Wei period.The Records of the Grand Historian also inherited the characteristics of Dong Zhongshu and other Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty on music,expanded music to the realm of heaven and earth,and used the thought of comparison to make analogical understanding of it with the five elements and five virtues,thus providing references for the later literature such as White Tiger Tong,which is the product of the Confucian music teaching thought of Yin and Yang and five elements in the Han Dynasty.It also gives a high degree of recognition to literary and artistic works that are"made in anger"and cannot show"neutral"emotional features.It begins to emphasize the unique val-ue of the subject's own emotions and holds that the society must fully recognize and affirm this kind of individuality.As a result,a philosophical concept of music,different from the"capable group"concept in the Western Zhou Dynasty,which emphasizes the uniqueness of an individual began to rise in the Han dynasties,which eventually led to the decoupling of music and dance from indoctrination in the Wei and Jin dynasties,and the trend of moving toward individuation and art.
Records of the Grand HistorianAnnals of the Former Han DynastyAnnals of the Later Han DynastyRecords of the Three KingdomsConfucian music indoctrination
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