A History of Literary Thought in the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties Periods (Graduate Textbook) (Graduate Textbook)

Author: Luo Zongqiang
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is a monograph on the history of literary thought in the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties periods, focusing on the main research object of literary thought in these dynasties. In terms of its writing style, it breaks away from the traditional framework of literary criticism history that follows individual critics, adopting a system based on chronological periods instead. The author divides the nearly 380 years of literary thought development from 581 AD to 959 AD into nine natural chronological periods according to the evolution of literary thought in the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties periods. It provides a detailed analysis of the characteristics and significance of literary thought in each period and traces the causal links of literary thought's continuity, transformation, and connection across stages. The book consists of eleven chapters and thirty-six sections, consistently maintaining a macroscopic perspective to observe and elucidate the real process of the emergence, development, and change of literary thought. The book is well-organized, rich in content, balanced in criticism, concise in language, and fluent in expression.