History of Literary Thought in the Song Dynasty--: New Edition: History of Literary Thought in China

Author: Zhang Yi
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Features: The history of literary thought should not only study the literary thought of individuals but also study literary thought trends. Sometimes, a literary thought tendency becomes an unstoppable force, driving the development of literature in a period. There are countless examples in history. During the Jian'an period, the expression of personal emotions through literature and the pursuit of "fenggu" (moral integrity and literary prowess) became a fashionable trend; the courtly poetry style of the Liang and Chen dynasties; the retro literary fashion of the Tang poetry scene; the craze for romantic tales of scholars and beauties during the Ming-Qing transition—all are well-known examples. Behind these creative tendencies that became fashionable at the time, what common literary thought was dominating? This is precisely what the history of literary thought focuses on studying. The study of literary thought should not only examine the literary thought trends that shape an era but also explore the literary thought of different schools and. In the history of Chinese literary thought, we can observe a very interesting phenomenon: in the early stages of literary development, the development of literary thought tends to be relatively singular, while later on, it becomes increasingly diverse, giving rise to different schools of literary thought within the same socio-economic and cultural background.