The Significance of the Debate on"The Premier Poet of the Ming Dynasty"in the History of Criticism
In Ming and Qing literary criticism,the question of who was the premier poet of the Ming Dynasty has garnered considerable attention.Ming critics,being contemporaries,often focused on specific periods without making an overall judgment on the poetry of the entire dynasty,reflecting more of the critics'con-temporary consciousness.Qing critics approached the issue from the perspective of reviewing the poetry his-tory of the entire dynasty,intertwining insight with prejudice,and in their evaluations,excluded groups such as the Former and Latter Seven Masters,the Gong'an,and Jingling schools from the first-class poets,by high-lighting Gao Qi and Liu Ji as outstanding representatives of Ming poetry.The choices made by Ming and Qing critics regarding"the premier poet of the Ming Dynasty"reflect differences in poetic lineage conscious-ness,patriarchal notions,and disagreements over the recognition of classic Ming poets.Thus,in Ming poetic criticism,the discourse of ranking"the premier"became an important concept for constructing the history of Ming poetry.
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