Criticism and Spirituality -- Aesthetic Text Series.2

Author: Zhang Wei
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: In ancient China, before the Qing Dynasty, poetry and prose were considered noble literary forms, while fiction was not yet regarded as such. Scholars and officials did not write fiction. However, much later, fiction, as a highly absorbent literary form, underwent transformation and reinvention, gradually gaining recognition. But it was still only a small portion of fiction that could encompass poetry and prose, possessing their qualities, and thus no longer considered inferior. This demonstrates the elegance and purity of prose. The author has organized and refined the complex and scattered articles, arranged them in sequence, and added some images derived from the text, making the records and explanations even clearer.