The Civil Rule of XIAO Liang and the Connotation of Rites and Meanings in Zhaoming Literature Selection
The legitimacy of the regime in the Southern and Northern Dynasties was a sensitive topic.XIAO Yan carried out the ritual system to politics,legal system,literature and other aspects in order to establish cultural orthodoxy,and his literary governance had a direct influence on XIAO Tong.The compilation purpose of XIAO Tong's Selected Literature was not only to"eliminate its impurity and collect its purity",but also to concentrate the spirit of etiquette and righteousness in literary com-pilation.In the selection,classification and ordering of his works,XIAO Tong built a literary system with the spirit of eti-quette.In the order of style,it highlights the consciousness of the supremacy of Kings and subjects,and emphasizes the maj-esty of imperial power.The"categories"of poems highlight important royal political activities,especially important royal ceremonial activities.In the specific selection,a large number of selected works of SHEN Yue,REN Fang and other Qiliang literati,especially the article aimed at promoting the legitimacy of XIAO Yan regime,which is a great contrast with the North-ern Dynasty literati were not selected.Through the compilation of Selected Literature,XIAO Tong implied that the southern re-gime represented the cultural orthodoxy in the era of North-South opposition,and the heritage of the context also lay in the Southern Dynasty.
XIAO Tong's Selected Literaturecultural orthodoxythe connotation of rites and meanings