An Overview of the Gongfu Theory Creation by Famous Writers in the Middle and Late Ming Dynasty
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty,the Gongfu theory was either inherited from the tra-ditional theory of literary and artistic Gongfu theory,or rooted in ZHU Xi's Gongfu theory of gaining knowledge by studying the principles of things,or in view of WANG's Gongfu theory of expanding conscience to things and things,or from Zen's Gongfu theory of discovering your true heart,seeing your true nature,or with Mencius'Gongfu theory of the ability to distinguish between the beauty and ugliness of the language and the inner moral cultivation of people as one.The Gongfu theory about style of some famous writers,such as LI Dongyang,WANG Shizhen,HU Yinglin,XU Xueyi,etc.,at-tached great importance to knowledge and accomplishment and emphasized the mastery of style norms and texts and sentences;the Gongfu theory on literary creation of some famous writers,such as TANG Shunzhi,LI Zhi,YUAN Hongdao,etc.,pointed to the cultivation of the mind,the utility of knowledge,the liberation of the subject spirit.WANG Yangming advocated a great effort in the aspect of mind ontology,while some famous writers such as LIU Zongzhou and HUANG Zongxi,etc.,advo-cated that taking Gongfu as the noumenon of"maintaining"physical and mental exercise,which was bound to affect their literary creation concept.Fully understanding the value of creating the Gongfu theory by the famous writers in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was of great theoretical significance for the reconstruction and interpretation of the Ming Dynasty literary criticism system.
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