On the Literary Criticism Thought of the Early Tang Dynasty from the Evaluation of Qu Yuan
In the early Tang Dynasty,people's evaluation of Qu Yuan showed a gradual change:from affirming his"loyalty"spirit to praising his poems"beautiful temperament";to praising his loyalty and his poetic talent,but criticizing"the way of rites and music,falling in the gentleness";Then to praising its expression of true feelings with"no empty beauty","no hidden evil",and rebuking its poetry"grace-ful and extravagant".The stage difference in the evaluation of Qu Yuan reflects the swing between the lit-erary restoration and the new transformation in the early Tang Dynasty.