In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the literary ideas and creation tendencies of the prose schools emphasized nature, reality, dullness, implicitness, and advocated the beauty of gentleness and nature. The representatives of this genre, Zhou Zuoren, Wu Weiye, and others, had a fresh, natural, and refined style. They paid attention to expressing their inner feelings and the details of the natural scenery, which were deeply loved by readers.
The famous literary schools of the Ming Dynasty included the vernacular version, three-character, two-character, seven-character, short story, etc. The vernacular version was a literary form in the early Ming Dynasty. It was based on spoken language and used the vernacular version to express social life and characters 'stories. Its representative works include Water Margins and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Three characters referred to the three collections of novels created by Feng Menglong, a novelist of the Tang Dynasty: "Yu Shi Ming Yan,""Jing Shi Tong Yan," and "Xing Shi Yin Yuan Zhuan." These three works were known as the milestone of ancient Chinese novels with the theme of satirizing and exposing social reality. The second beat referred to the two collections of novels by the Ming Dynasty novelist Wu Chengen: Journey to the West and Dream of the Red Chamber. These two works used mythology and history as the theme to describe the various ways of the world and the weaknesses of human nature in ancient Chinese society. They were hailed as the pinnacle of ancient Chinese novels. The seven-character poem was a short poem created by the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi. Its style was seven characters per sentence, and each sentence was four characters. The short story was a literary form in the late Ming Dynasty. It was a story that described vivid characters and complicated plots in short and concise words. Its representative works include "The Scholars" and "Flower Collection".
The prose styles of the early and middle Ming Dynasty were quite different, representing different literary schools and cultural traditions. In the early Ming Dynasty, the famous prose schools were Han Yu, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, etc. They advocated writing poetry, advocating true feelings, emphasizing realism and naturalism in literature. Han Yu's prose style is concise and bright, the language is beautiful and full of emotion; Ouyang Xiu's prose focuses on political theory and historical biography, emphasizing rationality and objective; Su Shi's prose focuses on ideology and artistic, rich in philosophy and artistic conception. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there were two schools of prose, Wang Anshi and Wang Zhihuan, and Su Huang, Su Xun, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian. These essayists advocated the use of words to express the author's true thoughts and feelings. Wang Anshi's prose was full of political irony and philosophical thinking. Wang Zhihuan's prose focused on poetry and historical descriptions, while Su Shi's prose focused on literary criticism and creative practice. In addition, there were also some famous prose writers in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, such as Wu Weiye's "Yuan Yuan Qu," Xu Wei's "Preface to the Riverside Scene during the Qingming Festival," Yang Shen's "Fu on Ascending the Temple," etc. These prose works were featured by depicting history, geography, and customs, with strong local characteristics and cultural heritage.
The literary style and genre are important concepts in the study of literature. There are close connections and differences between them. The literary style refers to the unique characteristics of the literary works, such as language, image, plot, character creation, etc. Different literary styles have different techniques of expression and aesthetic characteristics, which is an indispensable part of literary works. A literary school refers to a group of literary styles and tendencies that have emerged in a certain historical background. They usually share the same artistic characteristics and creative ideas. The formation of literary schools is related to historical, social, cultural and other factors. Different literary schools have different creative practices and theoretical views. In the study of literature, literary styles and schools are important subjects of study. The comparison of literary styles and schools can help us better understand the artistic characteristics and creation rules of literary works, and also help us better discover and evaluate the differences and similarities between different literary schools. In literary works, literary styles and schools were also widely used. The characteristics of literary styles and schools in literary works could directly affect the artistic value of the works and the acceptance of readers. Different literary styles and schools could also give different topics and emotional meanings to the works. Therefore, literary style and genre are indispensable concepts in literary research. The connection and difference between them play an important role in the creation of literary works.
The main literary ideas of the various schools of poetry in the Ming Dynasty also had their own characteristics. The following are some of the main schools and their main literary claims: 1 Archaic School: advocates imitating the style and format of ancient poetry, emphasizing "retro" and "archaic" with the goal of restoring the situation of Tang poetry and Song poetry. The representatives were Wen Zhengming, Xu Wei, Zhou Bangyan, and so on. 2. Pastoral School: The poems that advocate writing about rural life emphasize the idyllic thoughts of "leisure" and "seclusion". The representatives were Li Gou, Chen Jiru, and Huang Zhongzhao. 3. Tang and Song School: advocated directly imitating the poems of the Tang and Song Dynasties, with the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties and their descendants as the main representatives. The representatives were Wang Yinglin, Huang Zhongzhao, and Pan Ni. 4. Gong 'an School: Proposes to oppose the ancient-styled and idyllic schools and advocates writing poems with personality and style. The representatives were Yuan Hongdao, Yang Shen, Mao Pang, and others. 5. Ancient prose school: advocates writing traditional ancient prose poems, emphasizing "real writing" and "true feelings". The representatives were Yang Shen, Qian Qianyi, Wu Weiye, and so on. 6. The School of Ci Evaluation: advocates evaluating and explaining the artistic value of lyrics and songs with Ci. The representatives were Huang Zhongzhao and Ye Mengde. The main literary ideas of these schools were: - The Archaic School advocated the restoration of the style and format of ancient poetry, calling for "returning to the ancients". - The Pastoral School advocated writing poems about rural life, emphasizing the idea of "leisure" and "seclusion". - The Tang and Song School advocated directly imitating the poems of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, with the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties and their descendants as the main representatives; - The Gong 'an School advocated against the Archaic School and the Pastoral School advocated writing poems with personality and style; - The ancient prose school advocated writing poems in traditional ancient prose, emphasizing the idea of "real writing" and "true feelings". - The School of Ci-criticism advocated evaluating and explaining the artistic value of lyrics and songs with Ci.
The prose schools that achieved great success in the middle of the Ming Dynasty were the Ancient Prose Movement or the Eight Great Prose Schools of the Tang and Song Dynasties. This school rose in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and advocated the restoration of the style and status of prose in the Tang and Song Dynasties, emphasizing the inheritance and innovation of literature. The representative figures of the ancient prose movement included Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi, etc. The works of these essayists had a fresh and natural style, concise and bright language, and had a unique literary charm, which had a profound impact on the later prose creation.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the prose school that achieved great results was the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song". This genre of prose appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, and other writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties as its representatives. They advocated writing with nature, true feelings, and truth as their purpose, opposing hypocrisy, falsehood, and pretentiousness. This school of prose had made great contributions to literary theory, writing techniques, literary forms, and so on, which had a profound impact on later prose creation.
The main schools of poetry in the Ming Dynasty were: 1. School of literary sources: This school is based on Sinology and values literary sources. It recommended the classics of Sinology such as Zhou Yan and Shi Ci, which are mainly in the tone of "elegance" and "freshness". 2. The School of Landscape and Pastoral: This school suggests that the beautiful scenery of the landscape and pastoral should be based on "nature" and "freshness" and pursue the realm of "dullness is truth" and "deep tranquility". 3. Archaic School: This school imitates the style of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, focusing on the rhythm and rhythm of the Ci. 4. Ci School: This school takes Ci as poetry, pays attention to the rhythm and rhythm of Ci chapters, and pursues the realm of "elegance" and "freshness." 5. Poetic School: This school values the role of poetry in expressing one's thoughts. It focuses on conciseness and sincerity. 6. Gong 'an School: This school, led by Yuan Hongdao and Yuan Zhongdao, recommended the style of "Nature" and "Fresh", which emphasized freedom of thought and writing. The above are some of the main representatives of the poetry schools of the Ming Dynasty. Each school has its own unique characteristics and styles. The intersection and integration of these schools have made important contributions to the development of poetry in the Ming Dynasty.
There were many schools of prose in the Qing Dynasty. The following are some of the important schools: 1 Tongcheng School: also known as the ancient prose movement, with Tongcheng in Anhui as the center of activity, Yao Nai, Zhang Shicheng, etc. He advocated using The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and The Book of Songs as the basic materials, natural landscape, literature and art as the main expression techniques to pursue the "elegant, clean, high, far" style of prose. 2. Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou: Originated from Wang Shishen, Huang Shen, etc. during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. They adopted humorous prose language with satire, sarcasm and humor as the main characteristics to pursue the literary effect of "strange, unique, strange and wonderful". 3. Huguang faction: also known as Xiaoxiang faction, originated from representatives of Hubei and Hunan provinces, Lu Xun, etc. They focused on describing social life and natural scenery as the main theme, focusing on narrative and description, pursuing the "real, emotional, interesting" prose style. 4. Changzhou School: also known as the Southern accent originated from the representatives of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, Su Shi, Su Zhe, etc. They used a combination of the northern and southern accent to pursue the "elegant, light, quiet, distant" prose style with lyric and discussion as the main expression techniques. 5. Jinling Faction: Also known as the Three Wu Faction, it originated from Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and other places in Jiangsu Province. They focused on describing the city scenery and cultural customs as the main theme, focusing on the form and technique to pursue the "beautiful, elegant, cautious, detailed" prose style. These schools had their own characteristics in prose creation, which influenced the development of modern Chinese prose greatly.
In ancient times, literary questions and answers were often called " literary inquiries " or " literary questions and answers." These terms could be traced back to ancient China, when people began to use books to record and answer literary questions, such as the question and answer section in The Analects of Confucius and the consultation section in National Policy. These books usually included answers and explanations to various questions, as well as analysis and discussion of these questions. Therefore, in ancient literature, question-and-answer was regarded as an important literary research and creative activity.
Prose is a genre of literature that usually does not have strict structural restrictions, allowing the author to freely express his thoughts and emotions by describing the experiences, feelings, and thoughts of nature, society, and life. Prose is featured by beautiful language, freedom, flexibility, and the use of various rhetorical devices to express rich emotions and thoughts. There were many schools of prose, among which the more famous ones included: 1. Natural prose: emphasizing the praise and description of nature, focusing on the relationship between man and nature. 2. Realistic prose: Pay attention to social reality and describe the dark side of society and the weaknesses of human nature. Expressionistic prose: Through strong emotional expression and exaggeration, the author's personality and emotions are displayed. Symbolism prose: using symbols and symbols to convey emotions and thoughts, often using metaphor and symbolism. 5. Modern prose: Pursuing the freedom and uniqueness of form, breaking through the structural limitations of traditional prose, emphasizing the direct expression of thoughts and emotions. These prose schools had their own characteristics, but they all pursued freedom and true expression, which was an indispensable part of literature.