Social Role and Literary Activities of Chinese Scholars in the Middle Tang Dynasty

Author: Ma Zili
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Publish Date: 2005-10-19
Features: This book employs research methods from historical cultural studies and literary sociology, selecting several representative and active social roles from the transitional period of the mid-Tang Dynasty to examine their official duties and literary activities, attempting to reveal the interactive relationship between social changes and literary evolution in the mid-Tang from a certain perspective. The introduction outlines the research background, perspective, and methods of the book, as well as provides an overview of the transformation of literary social roles in the mid-Tang. The following chapters focus on discussing the basic characteristics, official duties, and literary activities of social roles such as mid-Tang Hanlin scholars, officials, censors, and prefectural officials at the institutional, psychological, and literary creation levels, pointing out that the inner minister complex of Hanlin scholars, the sense of prestige of officials, the pervasive consciousness of remonstrance of censors, and the mentality of exile of prefectural officials had a significant impact on the evolution of mid-Tang literature. Finally, the book also conducts a preliminary exploration of the social roles and literary activities of mid-Tang secretaries of the Chancellery,laries, and academic officials.