Yuan, Ming, and Qing Literary Selections

Author: Shen Yuanchu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: In literary history, when discussing the literary achievements of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, they are often generalized as Yuan qu (quyi) and Ming-Qing fiction. Due to the vigorous development of the Tang-Song classical prose movement, the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song" emerged, and the prose of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties seemed overshadowed. However, the prose of the Ming and Qing dynasties in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods had distinctive characteristics. In terms of the abundance of schools, the diversity of themes, the variety of genres, and the numerous authors, it was also rich and varied. This book focuses on selecting a small number of outstanding prose works from the Yuan dynasty, which often imitated the of the Tang and Song periods, and provides annotations and critiques of the prose from the Ming and Qing dynasties, which are renowned for their numerous schools, wide-ranging themes, and diverse genres.