The Same Sound and Different Sound:a Study on the Creation of the Gexing by the Former and the Latter Seven Litterateur
During the period from Hongzhi to Jiajing,the retro writers centered on the former and latter seven litterateur flourished in the creation of Gexing,and showed different creative characteristics from the previous generation of writers.In the imitation of the former seven litterateur' poems,they focus on innovation and change,emphasizing charm over form,and empha-sizing self-consciousness expression and writing.The latter seven litterateur inherited the retro theory and made adjustments.Al-though the artistic achievements of the poems were slightly inferior to those of their predecessors,they had literary historical sig-nificance in inspiring retro poets during the Ming and Qing dynasties.In terms of creative theory,the former and the latter seven litterateur have a continuity.They all follow the Gexing of the early and prosperous Tang Dynasty,attach importance to the emo-tional narrative and social value function of the Gexing,and have a strong tendency towards realism.Affected by the Ming and Qing dynasties,the two schools of Yunjian and Loudong formed a representative poetry group created by Gexing.Studying this phenomenon in literary history is of great significance for understanding the poetics of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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