April 23 is World Book Day. In recent years, experts and scholars from the Shao Culture Research Institute of Shaoguan University have done in-depth research on Zhang Jiuling and Jiuling culture, and have published a number of books. In particular, Mr. Xiong Fei is a master of Zhang Jiuling's research in China, and has made fruitful research achievements in related fields.
Zhang Jiuling was an outstanding politician, thinker and writer in the Tang Dynasty, known as "one person in Lingnan", and his "Qujiang Collection" is also known as "the first collection of Lingnan", which has a far-reaching impact on the history and humanities of Lingnan. Politically, Zhang Jiuling was a famous minister of the Kaiyuan Dynasty and a famous politician who inherited and carried forward the atmosphere of Zhenguan; in literature, Zhang Jiuling took over from the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty and Chen Ziang to guide the literature of the Tang Dynasty to the broad avenue of rejuvenating the elephant, getting rid of the delicate and beautiful poetic style of the Six Dynasties, and opening the precedent of the "light school" in the Tang Dynasty. The brilliant poetry of Wang Meng and Li Du is inseparable from the pioneering work of Zhang Jiuling and others in the poetry arena. Zhang Jiuling is an official who is "still upright" and "upright".
The so-called "uprightness" means to show people with a straight path, adhere to principles, not only superiority, but also show favoritism; "uprightness" means to abide by the right path, to be fair and fair in government, not to be impartial, and not to be a party member. "Jiuling demeanor" is the product of Zhang Jiuling's elegant appearance, combined with his inner character, education, talent, virtue and ethics. Zhang Jiuling's moral conduct left a deep impression on Tang Xuanzong, so he selected talents and balancers with "demeanor like Jiuling".
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1. Recommended bibliography: "The Biography of Zhang Jiuling"
Recommended by: Gao Peiying
Xiong Fei is the author of "The Biography of Zhang Jiuling", which arranges chapters based on Zhang Jiuling's life experience, and the first chapter, "Motegi has roots, Chengtan seeks the deep source", mainly discusses the origin of the surname Zhang and the origin of Zhang Jiuling. The second chapter, "The foundation is high and the clouds are long-lasting, and the rain is accumulated" describes the development background of Zhang Jiuling's family. The third chapter, "Dajian Jinkou Praises Strange Children, Bole Wisdom Knows Horses' Feet", mentions that Zhang Jiuling met the Sixth Patriarch Huineng Zen Master when he was a child, and praised the Zen master as a "strange child".
From the fourth chapter "Ten years and three examinations, he became famous in one fell swoop" to the last chapter 12 "The Monument of the Eternal Heart, the Great Name Left in the History of Ten Thousand Generations", the author describes in detail the process of Zhang Jiuling's scientific research and his mental journey during his official position, and summarizes Zhang Jiuling's important contributions and literary achievements when he was an official.
Zhang Jiuling has a very high reputation in the officialdom or the people, although his career has been twists and turns during his tenure as an official, but his courage not to be afraid of power and treachery, the wisdom of Tang Xuanzong, and the contribution of digging the Great Yuling to make Lingnan and the Central Plains unimpeded are praised by the world. In literature, Zhang Jiuling does not advocate new changes in the retro, pays attention to the characteristics of literature and art, and has a great influence on the Kaiyuan literary circle, and his "Feelings" poem ranks first in the "Three Hundred Tang Poems".
2. Recommended Bibliography: "Zhang Jiuling's Collection of Proofnotes"
Recommended by: Yang Zhiyuan
Before the publication of Mr. Xiong Fei's "Proofreading of Zhang Jiuling's Collection", there was no complete version of Zhang Jiuling's "Qujiang Collection" in the domestic academic circles. Jiang Yin commented in the preface to Zhang Jiuling's Collected Proofnotes that this book is a complete annotated book that can reflect the level of contemporary research.
The achievements of "Zhang Jiuling's Collection of Proofnotes" are mainly reflected in the following four aspects.
First, in the overall study of the Qujiang Collection, Zhang Jiuling's Proofreading belongs to the 20-volume Qujiang Collection, which is the most comprehensive version of the contemporary Qujiang Collection. Second, in terms of style proofreading, the whole book can be divided into table of contents, preface, preface, examples, main text, appendix, main bibliography and postscript.
In addition, "Zhang Jiuling's Collection of Proofnotes" is based on the first reprint of "Four Serials", "Zhang Zishou's Collected Works" (Nanhai Pan's Collection), and Mr. Xiong Fei also selected "All Tang Poems", "All Tang Literature", "Wenyuan Yinghua" and other books as school books, and flexibly used the proofreading methods of the school, the science school, the school and other schools, and fully absorbed the proofreading results of the predecessors. Third, in terms of annotation and citation, although the annotator adopts the traditional method of citation, he can flexibly use different ages and different types of literature as the basis for annotation, and can explain the gist of the poem in his own language. The annotations include inscriptions, annotations, interpretations, and systems, and also include waka songs, correcting the errors of the predecessors' commentaries, and supplementing their contents. Fourth, in terms of its contribution to Zhang Jiuling's research, Zhang Jiuling's Collected Annotations cited a large number of documents, including the remnants of the long-dead Classics, as well as many ancient words, allusions, famous objects and other poetic works of literati, which have extremely high compilation value and historical value. In addition, Zhang Jiuling's poetry has attracted much attention, while Zhang Jiuling's writing is rarely interested, and the Chinese part of the "Zhang Jiuling Collection Proofnotes" has detailed proofnotes, which undoubtedly provides valuable information for the study of Zhang Jiuling's articles.
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3. Recommended Bibliography: "Zhang Jiuling's New Yearbook"
Recommended reader: Liu Chujing
"Zhang Jiuling's New Chronicles" (Xiong Fei) makes a detailed combing of Zhang Jiuling's hometown, and confirms: Shixing County is Zhang Jiuling's ancestral hometown, Qujiang County is Zhang Jiuling's hometown, "Fanyang" is the county of his ancestors, and "Nankang" is the place where his ancestors moved south; and the examination of Zhang Jiuling's birth and death year is that he was born in the 3rd year of Gaozong Yifeng (678) and died in the 28th year of Xuanzong Kaiyuan (740). After a detailed review of the book, we can summarize the scholarly contributions of this book as follows: First, it corrects He Geen's "Zhang Jiuling's Annals" (1935), "Zhang Jiuling's Annals" (1937) and "Examination of Zhang Qu's Writings" (1937) and other obvious errors in the field of Zhang Jiuling's research; second, it clarified some omissions in Zhang Jiuling's life and history; third, it supplemented the research materials of the political history of the Tang Dynasty; fourth, it clarified some personal relations in Zhang Jiuling's travels; and fifth, it tried his best to make Zhang Jiuling's works a reliable chronology. To study Zhang Jiuling's person, deeds, and works, it is necessary to have the reference book "A New Edition of Zhang Jiuling's Annals", and for those who study the literature and history of the Tang Dynasty, this book is also indispensable.
4. Recommended Bibliography: "Zhang Jiuling and Jiuling Culture"
Recommended by: Su Huiping
The book "Zhang Jiuling and Jiuling Culture" (written by Xiong Fei) is full of pictures and texts, and the main body of the content is divided into two parts: the first part is a review of Zhang Jiuling's life. With twenty-four titles, Zhang Jiuling's life experience is described in detail. The author summarizes that the key to the success of Zhang Jiuling's life lies in his integrity, uprightness, diligence and honesty personality traits, so although he is in the prosperous Tang Dynasty court, he shows outstanding talents everywhere, Wang Fangqing, Shen Yanqi, and Zhang Shuo have spoken highly of Zhang Jiuling's talents, and Tang Xuanzong even praised him with "Jiuling demeanor". The second part is about Zhang Jiuling's culture and its inheritance. The content of the book is divided into five headings: "Zhang Jiuling's Works and Jiuling Cultural Inheritance", "Zhang Jiuling's Thought and Jiuling Cultural Inheritance", "Zhang Jiuling's Research and Jiuling Cultural Inheritance", "Shaoguan and Foreign Zhang Jiuling Cultural Relics", and "Zhang Jiuling's Cultural Transmission Factors Overseas and China's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan", to deeply explore the connotation and influence of Jiuling's thought and culture.
Zhang Jiuling and Jiuling Culture
Southern + reporter Shen Congsheng
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【Author】 Shen Congsheng
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