Research on the Tang Poetry Theory of the Ming Dynasty Retro

Author: Chen Guoqiu
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The book unfolds from the late Qing Dynasty's educational reforms to the May Fourth New Culture Movement, advocating for the promotion of new knowledge and the preservation of national heritage, which eventually advanced the rapid development of literary history research. During this process, the Peking University classroom gave birth to many renowned works: Lin Chuanjia's History of Chinese Literature (1904) was merely the first to set a precedent, followed by even more outstanding works, such as Yao Yongpu's Method of Literary Research, Liu Shipei's History of Medieval Chinese Literature and Studies on the Literary Works of the Han and Six Dynasties, Huang Kan's Notes on The Heart of the Mencius by Wang Fuzhi, Wu Mei's Lecture Notes on Ci Residue (later revised to Comprehensive Treatise on Qu Studies), Lu Xun's Sketches of the History of Chinese Fiction, Hu Shi's Fifty Years of Chinese Literature and History of Vernacular Literature, Zhou Zuoren's History of European Literature and Sources and Development of New Chinese Literature, as well as Yu Pingbo's Discussions on Dream of the Red Chamber and You Guoen's Introduction to Chuci. These works, though diverse in approach and style, collectively supported the construction of the literary history framework in its early stages.
The Ming Dynasty's retrogressive poetic theory emphasized the transmission of ancient works, with the Tang Dynasty poetry being the primary object of study and imitation for retrogressive scholars. This book takes the transmission process of Tang poetry in the Ming Dynasty as its research theme, with each chapter exploring different perspectives around this topic.