What was the symbol of literary self-awareness in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties?

In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the symbol of literary self-awareness was the emergence of a group of literary schools with independent thoughts, unique styles, and individual characteristics. These schools, arts, styles and other aspects all showed a strong self-expression and self-identity, which marked that the literature of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties entered a period of conscious creation. Specifically, these signs of literary self-awareness included the following aspects: 1. The rise of literary thought. The writers of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties had the characteristics of pluralistic co-existence in literary thought. Generally speaking, there were different literary thoughts such as naturalistic literature represented by Wang Chong, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, idealistic literature represented by Lu Ji, Xie Lingyun, Tao Yuanming, and modern literature represented by Shi Tiesheng, Yu Hua, etc. 2. The formation of literary style. The writers of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties had a variety of literary styles. Cao Zijian represented comedy literature, Wang Xizhi represented calligraphy art literature, Xie Lingyun, Tao Yuanming represented naturalism literature and other different literary styles. 3. Outstanding personality. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the writers had their own unique writing styles. Cao Zijian was the representative of romantic literature, Xie Lingyun was the representative of landscape and countryside literature, and Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi were the representatives of calligraphy and artistic literature. The literary consciousness of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was an important period in the history of literature, which marked that literature had entered a new period of self-expression and self-identification, and had a profound impact on the development of literature in later generations.