Politics and Literature of the Mid-Tang Dynasty: A Study Centered on the Yongzhen Reforms

Author: Hu Kexian
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: This book is the author's doctoral dissertation, which comprehensively studies the Yongzhen Reforms and the literature of the late Middle Tang period from the perspectives of literature, history, and politics. It presents several innovative insights in the following aspects:
1. It proposes the relationship between the Yongzhen Reforms and the Southeast Literary Group, pointing out that during this period, the rise of the southeastern scholars in politics led to significant innovations in literature.
2. It identifies the Yuanhe period as another peak in the development of poetry after the Kaiyuan (the Golden Age of the Kaiyuan era), and this is closely linked to the intrinsic connection with the Yongzhen Reforms.
3. It highlights how Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi, and others were exiled to the south due to the failure of the Yongzhen Reforms, expanding the geographical scope of Tang literature and promoting cultural exchange between the north and the south.
4. The concept of the Yuanhe style has been interpreted differently in the past. This book provides a reasonable interpretation based on representative materials, which aligns more closely with the actual creative practices of the time.
The book mainly introduces topics such as the participation of the Southeast Literary Group in politics and the theory of the Yongzhen Reforms, the transition from the Yongzhen Reforms to the Ganlu Incident, the Yongzhen Reforms and the Yuanhe New Changes, and a comprehensive study of historical events related to the Yongzhen Reforms.