A Comprehensive History of Chinese Parallel Prose

Author: Yu Jingxiang
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Parallel prose is a unique beauty of Chinese literature, with a long history in Chinese history. This book adopts a method that combines historical analysis with theoretical discussion, approaching it from both horizontal and vertical perspectives. It provides an in-depth analysis of the characteristics, aesthetic value, causes of origin, historical status, and its relationship with other literary forms of this genre. It specifically outlines its entire process from its inception, emergence, formation, development, peak, transformation, decline, revival, and subsequent decline throughout its thousands of years in Chinese history. It explains the close relationship between the evolution of parallel prose and the social, historical conditions as well as the academic and cultural background. From a macro perspective, it highly summarizes the fundamental laws and achievements and shortcomings of this cultural evolution, providing great convenience for people to understand and appreciate this Chinese literary beauty.