On Imbalance between Confucian Classics and Poetics of Wei-Jin Dynasty

It is indisputable that Confucian classics still kept its discourse hegemony in the Wei-Jin Dynasty.In this case,Confucian classics naturally became the main factor,which influenced the development of poetics in such a period.Confucianism of Han Dynasty emphasized the social functions of praise and admonition,the artistic features of metaphor and irony,the generative theory of merging sense and sensibility for one,and the aesthetic tendency to grace and elegance.All of these directly affected Wei-Jin poetics.But at that time,the overall trend of Confucianism declined;meanwhile,the Metaphysics and the Buddhism were ready to meet their boom.Thus,a tripartite confrontation of culture gradually formed.Such a situation not only broke the balance between Confucian classics and poetics because sometimes Confucian classics declined,but poetics with Confucianism became prosperous while sometimes Confucian classics became prosperous,but poetics with Confucianism retired.Synchronism only existed in the early western Jin Dynasty.