An Analysis on the Description of Four Lords of the Warring States in Shiji

• Main Authors: KUO,HUI-CHUAN, 郭蕙娟
• Other Authors: ZHENG,XIAN-REN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4qkmpd

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 國語文學系中國文學碩士在職專班 === 106 === In Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Periods, wars occurred frequrently, which made many upper scholars stranded in the folk. Therefore, knowledge was brought to the civilians and more and more ordinary people had the chance to get educated. Maintaining scholars was an activity in the politics of this era. It was formed for the nobles to enhance their power and strenghth. On the other hand, by being retainers, the intellectuals got the opportunities to start their official careers. Four lords of the Warring States were the typical and well-known characters at that time. They were respectively Lord Mengchang of Qi, Lord Pingyuan of Zhao, Lord Xinling of Wei, and Lord Chunshen of Chu. The four lords were paralleled in the Records of the Grand Historian, also called Shiji; however, they maintained scholars for different purposes and in various ways. Not only their interactions with the retainers but also their destinctive lives were fully describled in the book.