Title: On the System of Selecting Officials and Change of Aesthetic Fashion in the Wei,Jin and South and North Dynasties
Abstract: The evolution of aesthetic focus from Wei,Jin Dynasties to the Six Dynasties has the obvious tendency:the aesthetic focus changed from beauty of figure in Wei and Jin Dynasties to the beauty of poetry and art in South and North Dynasties and from presenting human body to reproduction of image by writing. The underlying causes are the different systems of selecting officials in the different period. The tendency of selecting officials according to fame and clan in Wei and Jin Dynasties,influenced by the system of nine grades of rank in former regimes,led the people to care more about themselves. However,in the Six Dynasties,the system of examination led the people to lay emphasis on the talent of poetry and art,which made poetry and calligraphy very popular,and resulted in change of aesthetic fashion.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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