The Emergence, Development, and Evolution of Chinese Narrative Prose?

The work that marks the maturity of narrative prose in China is "The Biography of Zuo in the Spring and Autumn Period".

The characters and events in Zuo Biography are written according to historical materials, but the author also shows certain ideological views and political tendencies when recounting these historical figures and events. This kind of thinking is close to Confucianism in terms of ethics, political opinions, emphasis on hierarchy, and the concept of respect and inferiority.

Historiographical status. The remarkable achievements of Zuo Chuan lie first in the fact that it is the first large-scale and detailed historiography compilation in China, and occupies an irreplaceable and important position in the history of the development of ancient historiography. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the development of Chinese culture was still in its early stages, and so was the evolution of historiography.

In terms of reliable documents, the small number of works that have been published before each other, whether they are part of the compilation of the surviving Shangshu or the historical books compiled by the vassal states (such as the Spring and Autumn Period), are generally scattered and concise, and the records are often only a few outlines.

With a scale of nearly 200,000 words, the "Zuo Chuan" comprehensively and systematically recorded the major events of the Spring and Autumn Period, and widely sold Huai Pan involving the Zhou Dynasty and more than ten vassal states such as Jin, Lu, Chu, Zheng, Qi, Wei, Song, Wu, Qin, Yue, and Chen, and often recorded the historical facts of the Western Zhou Dynasty and Shang Yin, and even the pre-Xia period. Although it takes the "Spring and Autumn" as the outline, the scope of its chronicle is wide, and the specific and detailed narrative content greatly exceeds the "Spring and Autumn Period".

It marks the maturity of narrative prose in our country"Left Biography".

"Zuo Chuan" is "Spring and Autumn Zuo's Biography".

The abbreviation is also known as "Zuo's Spring and Autumn".

It is a chronicle, and "Zuo Chuan" is the "most narrative of the pre-Qin prose", marking the maturity of China's narrative prose, one of the thirteen classics of Confucianism. "Zuo Chuan" is not only a masterpiece of ancient Han historiography, but also a literary masterpiece.

The artistic features of "Zuo Biography".

1. The narrative features are wonderful and detailed.

When narrating historical events, the development process is shown in a concrete and subtle way. Through foreshadowing, interpolation and other writing techniques.

The relevant facts are cleverly arranged together, and the source of stuffiness forms a complete and rigorous chapter.

In the description of the war, it not only depicts the vivid and vivid war scenes, shows the magnificent war scenes, but also specifically reveals the background of the war and the explanation of the reasons for victory and defeat, and pays attention to the description of political and diplomatic activities related to the war.

2. The characters have distinct personalities.

Special attention is paid to the description of characters, adopting the method of writing people as they happen, placing the characters in sharp contradictions, and showing the personalities and psychology of different characters through details, scenes, and dialogues as the narrative of Zheng Qing shouts in front of the cover.

The pen and ink are simple and economical, and the story is strong. For the secondary characters, the distinct character of the characters is shown through several characteristic details.

It marks the maturity of China's narrative dispersion"Left Biography".

Zuo Biography is rich in storytelling, dramatic, vivid plot twists and turns, and pays attention to the structure and layout of the article, which is the "best narrative" of pre-Qin prose, marking the maturity of narrative prose in China. It is Confucianism.

One of the important classics, with "The Legend of the Ram".

The Biography of Gu Liang is collectively known as the "Three Legends of Spring and Autumn."

Zuo Chuan is based on the Spring and Autumn Period, and explains the outline of the Spring and Autumn Period by describing the specific historical facts of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Main content:

The narrative scope of the Zuo Biography begins in the first year of Lu Yin (722 BC) and ends in the twenty-seventh year of Lu Ai (468 BC). The work mainly records the important events and important figures in the political, economic, military, diplomatic and cultural aspects of various countries in the early 254 years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which is a very valuable document for the study of China's pre-Qin history and an excellent prose work.

The development process of modern Chinese prose is as follows:

It is characterized by the description of certain fragments or life events in real life, expressing the author's views and feelings, and revealing its social significance, which can be processed and created on the basis of real people and real events.

It does not necessarily have a complete storyline and characters, but focuses on expressing the author's feelings about life, with flexibility in material selection and conception and strong lyricism, and the "I" in prose is usually the author himself; Language is not limited by prosody, and there are various ways of expression, which can integrate narrative, argumentation, lyricism, and description, or it can be emphasized.

According to the needs of the content and theme, it can be like **, through typical details such as life fragments, image description, psychological portrayal, environmental rendering, atmosphere setting, etc., or the use of symbolism and other artistic techniques like poetry to create a certain artistic conception.

There are various forms of expression of prose, essays, short reviews, essays, essays, sketches, close-ups, travelogues, newsletters, letters, diaries, memoirs, etc. In short, the prose is short, free in form, widely drawn, flexible in writing, and beautiful in language, which can reflect life relatively quickly.

"Zuo Chuan" is the abbreviation of "Spring and Autumn Zuo's Biography", also known as "Zuo's Spring and Autumn", which is a chronicle. "Zuo Chuan" is the "best narrative" of pre-Qin prose, marking the maturity of narrative prose in China.

The full name of "Zuo Chuan" is "The Biography of Zuo in the Spring and Autumn Period", one of the thirteen classics of Confucianism. "Zuo Chuan" is not only a masterpiece of ancient Han historiography, but also a literary masterpiece. "Zuo Chuan" is China's first detailed narrative chronicle work, according to legend is the late Spring and Autumn period of the Lu State historian Zuo Qiu Ming according to the history of the Lu State "Spring and Autumn", the scope of the narrative from the first year of Lu Yin (722 years ago), until the twenty-seventh year of Lu Ai Gong (468 years ago), mainly recorded the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in the first two hundred and forty years of the important events and important figures in the political, economic, military, diplomatic and cultural aspects of various countries, is a very valuable document for the study of China's pre-Qin history, but also an excellent prose work.

The work that marks the maturity of narrative prose in China is "The Biography of Zuo in the Spring and Autumn Period".

The Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography", formerly known as "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period", was also known as "Spring and Autumn Zuo" and "Spring and Autumn Inner Biography" in the Han Dynasty, and it was mostly called "Zuo Chuan" after the Han Dynasty.

The Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography has a total of 35 volumes, which is one of the Confucian classics and the longest of the thirteen classics, and is listed as a scripture in the Siku Quanshu.

"Left Biography" is a blind achievement

On the basis of true accounts, Zuo Biography also shows a certain tendency, not only in the selection of historical materials or in the narration of events, it often shows different attitudes of love and hatred and disapproval, but also often directly comments on people and matters in the form of "Gentleman's Dan Bright Sky", or condemns, or expresses bitter regret, or praises, and so on.

Some of these comments are the author's "own words", and some may be "from the people of the time" and "identified with Zuo's family", all of which show a clear evaluation of right and wrong, and show the historical knowledge and historical virtue of the author of "Zuo Biography".