Liu Yiqing (A.D. 403-444) was born in Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu) and Jingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu), and was a writer in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty. Song Wudi emperor wu of song's nephew, the second son of Changsha King Liu Taoist priest, and Linchuan Wang Liu Daogui's uncle had no children, so he took Liu Yiqing as his heir and attacked Linchuan Wang.
Liu Yiqing used to be the secretary supervisor, in charge of the country's books and works, and had the opportunity to contact and exhibit the royal classics. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he was promoted to be a left-hander and a very important minister. However, the dispute between his cousins Song Wendi and Liu Yikang became more and more fierce, so Liu Yiqing was also afraid of accidents. At the age of 29, he fired his left servant as a diversion.
He once held official positions such as Jingzhou secretariat, and has been in politics for 8 years with good political achievements. Later, he served as Jiangzhou secretariat.
Liu Yiqing, the nephew of Emperor Wu of Song, is the best of these kings. He was known by Emperor Wu of Song at an early age and praised him as "this is my home, Fengcheng". He is "pure in nature and lacks lust." Love literature, recruit people from all over the world, and get together under the door. Liu Yiqing, the imperial clan of Liu and Song Dynasties, was outstanding in talent since childhood. He is the author of Shi Shuo Xin Yu and You Ming Lu.
Second, the introduction of this book
Shi Shuo Xin Yu is a masterpiece of "note novels" in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Most of its contents recorded the words and deeds and anecdotes of famous scholars from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was compiled by Liu Yiqing in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The book is divided into three volumes: Volume I, Volume II and Volume II. According to the content, it is divided into 36 categories (doors), including morality, speech, politics, literature, ancestor and knowledge. There are several entries in each category, and there are more than 1000 entries in the book, each with a different length and some lines.
Shi Shuo Xin Yu mainly describes the life and thoughts of scholars at that time and the situation of the ruling class, reflecting the ideological deeds of scholars in Wei and Jin dynasties and the life of the door society. This description helps readers to understand the times and political and social environment at that time and see the so-called "Wei-Jin demeanor" more clearly.
The Book of Jin compiled in the Tang Dynasty mostly adopts Shi Shuo Xin Yu, and the 3 12 treaty cited accounts for about 30% of the entries in Shi Shuo Xin Yu. This point is often criticized by later historians.
In addition, Shi Shuo Xin Yu makes good use of literary techniques such as metaphor, metaphor, exaggeration and description, which not only retains many well-known words, but also adds infinite glory to the book. Nowadays, Shi Shuo Xin Yu is not only of literary appreciation value, but also cited by later writers, which has a great influence on the development of later novels.
Shi Shuo Xin Yu, Xu Shi Shuo, He, Jin Shi Shuo and Yu Minglin are all imitations of Shi Shuo Xin Yu, which is called Shi Shuo Xin Yu. Yan Shu deleted and merged Shi Shuo Xin Yu. After Shi Shuo Xin Yu was written, Liu and others made comments on it, and only Xiao Jing has survived to this day.
Today, there are many idiom allusions and anecdotes of scholars in Han and Jin dynasties, which are regarded as classical Chinese classics with a large number of idioms, just like The Book of Songs, Biography of Zuo Family in Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Policy. Today, Shi Shuo Xin Yu Yu Can is also a combination of ancient short stories.
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First, the creative background
The compilation of Shi Shuo Xin Yu is of course related to the Liu Song family's love for the romance in Wei and Jin Dynasties and the admiration from all walks of life for the romance in Wei and Jin Dynasties. However, Liu Yiqing had a soft spot for scholars in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and there were internal reasons why he participated in the ceremony with his disciples.
Liu Yiqing, nephew of Emperor Wu of Song Wudi, attacked King Linchuan and sealed him. Emperor Wu was very kind to him. In 424 AD, Song Wendi Liu Yilong acceded to the throne, and soon after he acceded to the throne, he successively killed Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang, Xie Hui and other heroes. Song Wendi is suspicious and heartless, because he is worried that he will repeat the tragedy of the young emperor being killed. He strictly controlled and killed a large number of heroes and imperial clan members, including the famous Tan Daoji.
In this case, Liu Yiqing must be more cautious to avoid disaster. This rumor says, "Taibai will violate the right to enforce the law, clear up the fear of disaster, and beg for another town." This is actually an excuse for Liu Yiqing to leave Beijing and stay away from trouble. Although Emperor Wen issued a letter to comfort him, he could not hold back Liu Yiqing's promise of "solving the servant shooting". Liu Yiqing finally had to go out of town to make a secretariat for Jingzhou.
Liu Yiqing, who is out of town, is still like a frightened bird. Under the rule of Song Wendi and Liu Yilong, they had doubts about the imperial clan king, so he gathered literary scholars to express his love and edited a book called Shi Shuo Xin Yu.
Liu Yiqing's Shi Shuo was written from 439 to 440 AD, when Liu Yiqing was the secretariat of Jiangzhou. There are two things worth noting in these two years. First, in the 16th year of Yuanjia, when Liu Yiqing was the secretariat of Jiangzhou, he recruited scholars. "Yuan Qiu shu, when the crown in jiangzhou, a clear in jiangzhou. Please consult and join the sentinel.
The rest are Wu Zhan, Dong Changyu and Bao Zhao. , all quoted the kind words for assisting history. According to the statement that Shi Shuo was written for Liu Yiqing and his followers, now is the time to compile Shi Shuo.
Second, in the seventeenth year of Yuanjia, Liu Yiqing was transferred to the secretariat of Nanzhou, and Liu Yikang, who was demoted and dismissed from Stuart Lu Shangshu, succeeded him as the secretariat of Jiangzhou. Liu Yilong accused the two brothers of their sadness after they met in Jiangzhou.
All these are closely related to Liu Yiqing's crisis and seeking to dispel and transcend the spiritual temperament of the Wei and Jin literati, so they are closely related to the compilation of Shi Shuo.
Second, the influence of later generations.
The book Shi Shuo Xin Yu records anecdotes from the Han and Wei Dynasties to the Eastern Jin Dynasties and is an excellent historical material for studying the romantic life in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Among them, there are vivid descriptions of the activities of celebrities in Wei and Jin Dynasties, such as speaking freely, tasting topics, various personality characteristics such as seclusion, birth, simplicity, pride, various life pursuits and hobbies.
Throughout the book, we can get the group image of several generations of scholars in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Through these characters, we can further understand the fashion of the upper class in that era. It can be seen that Taoist thought had an important influence on the way of thinking and life of scholars in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and even on the whole social atmosphere.
Although Shi Shuo Xin Yu only recorded a few words, its content was very rich, which widely reflected the lifestyle, mental outlook and the atmosphere of speaking freely and celebrating birthdays of the gentry in this period. It is the pioneer of the note novel that narrates anecdotes and meaningful words, and it is also a model of later essays, which has a far-reaching impact on the development of later note novels.
There are countless works written in the style of this book, which are self-contained in ancient novels. Many stories in the book have become the material of later dramas and novels, or the common allusions of later poems, and have an important position in the history of China literature. Mr. Lu Xun called it "a textbook for celebrities".
The Qing Dynasty's A New Theory of Continuing the World, Wang Shu's Tang Yulin and Feng Menglong's A Brief Introduction to Ancient and Modern Times were all deeply influenced by it. Stories such as "Xie Nv Yin Xue" and "Zi You Visiting Dai" in Shi Shuo Xin Yu have become common allusions in later poems. Other stories have become the material of playwrights and novelists.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Shi Shuo Xin Yu