Yang Xiong and Bashu Culture

Bashu culture grows in the atmosphere of China culture, and its evolution is restricted by the development of China culture, which is synchronous. However, influenced by the unique economic, cultural and geographical conditions in this area, the evolution of Bashu culture is different from the development of China's philosophy.

Bashu culture has three peaks, namely Han Dynasty, Song Dynasty and 1930s. The so-called "Ma Xie came alone to find a story, and the article was ashamed of the Han Dynasty."

Yang Xiong is very important to the value of Bashu culture. He is an outstanding representative of the first peak in the history of Bashu culture and an encyclopedic master. Next, I will talk about Yang Xiong's influence on Bashu culture from four aspects: history, culture, philosophy and dialect.

In the history of Bashu, he went deep into folk investigation and wrote the Biography of King Shu, which has influenced for thousands of years. His "Shu Du Fu" and "Shu Wang Ben Ji" recorded the relevant history of ancient Shu kings and their dynasties, a series of legends related to ancient Shu kings, the construction of Shu capital in Qin and Han Dynasties and the social life habits of Shu people. Most of the history recorded by Yang Xiong is the earliest record of Bashu history. Some records about Bashu, such as the historical facts about immigrants in Qin and Han Dynasties, are not the earliest records, but they are more objective than Records of the Historian and Yang Xiong, and they fully realize the profound influence of this move on the capital of Shu, so the records are more purposeful and have irreplaceable historical value.

Yang Xiong loved Ci in his early years. In his masterpiece "Shu Du Fu", he vividly described the geography, culture, specialties and people's lifestyles of Chengdu, and was praised as "the landscape axis and customs picture of Shu Du". Through the study of Yang Xiong's Ci and Fu, we can understand the cultural characteristics of Bashu.

Ideologically, Yang Xiong took Confucianism as the Sect, absorbed Taoist thoughts and built his own ideological system. Yang Xiong attached great importance to Confucianism and thought that "human nature is mixed with good and evil, and those who cultivate their goodness are good people, while those who cultivate their evil are evil people". Yang Xiong believed that Confucius was the greatest saint and his classics were the most important, and advocated the restoration of Confucian orthodoxy. He attaches great importance to improving people's virtue through knowledge learning, and thinks that only in this way can he reach the realm of adults, saints and even saints. He believes that an ideal society should be ruled by sages, and this rule must be Confucian benevolence and morality. In Yang Xiong's thought, the sense of innovation runs through. Specifically, Yang Xiong has an idea of dialectical unity, striving for unity in the dynamic transformation of "literature" and "quality".

Yang Xiong is a writer who pays attention to reality, and his ci and fu are all about political satire. However, his ci and fu did not attract the attention of the rulers of past dynasties. After many failed exhortations, he changed his attitude towards Fu and turned to study Confucian classics.

In the stage of Confucian Classics, most Bashu philosophers took Confucian Classics and its interpretation as their main tasks, among which Yang Xiong was the most famous philosopher in the late Western Han Dynasty. Yang Xiong's philosophy represents the first peak of the development of Bashu philosophy, and has a great influence on the subsequent development of Bashu philosophy. In philosophy, Yang Xiong's thought is to inherit and develop the sages, and to innovate while absorbing the essence. His Tai Xuan copied the Book of Changes, borrowed from Lao Zi's Xuan and reformed it. He created a unique world view of heaven, earth and man. This is a philosophical system initiated by Yang Xiong, which embodies a pluralistic and integrated way of thinking. Yang Xiong's innovation is also reflected in his Tai Xuan and Fa Yan, which are not directly copied from The Book of Changes and The Analects of Confucius, but combined with Bashu geo-culture and Taoist culture to inspire people's understanding.

Yang Xiong's contribution to the study of Bashu dialect is mainly reflected in his dialect. Dialect, as the earliest comparative dialect vocabulary book in China, is also the first dialect book in the world. The time and space span of dialect recorded words is large. Dialect objectively records the common dialects in the Western Han Dynasty, which provides a research basis for linguistic research. This book not only reflects the vocabulary of Chinese dialects in Han Dynasty, but also records the dialect of Bashu at the earliest time, which is undoubtedly a contribution to Bashu dialect.

To sum up, Yang Xiong's "Shu Du Fu" and "Shu Wang Benji" provide an objective research basis for future generations in terms of their contribution to the study of Bashu culture and history; In terms of cultural thought, Yang Xiong took Confucianism as the Sect, absorbed the three thoughts and made innovations, and paid attention to the unity of "literature" and "quality" in literary creation; Philosophically, Yang Xiong combined Bashu culture with Confucian classic culture. In terms of language, Yang Xiong dialect is of great significance to the study of Bashu linguistics. Yang Xiong's life is full of wisdom, and it is also a life of great value for future generations to study Bashu culture.