Political Field and Discourse Praise:The Preface Text of Yan Song's Poetry Collection and The Network of Power
As a cabinet scholar of power in Jiajing,Yan Song not only worked hard in politics,but also ac-tively promoted the publication of poetry collections and asked many literati for preface.These considerable number of book prefaces are linked to the friendship of colleagues,fellow villagers and teachers as a politi-cal network,highlighting the necessary discourse strategies for scholars.While describing Yan Song's life ex-perience and political power from the basic level of life and Jiangxi region and in the judgment of the value of poetry,it focuses on the disclosure of literature such as its people,comparable to the Tang people,the ten-dency of the cabinet.Taking this as a medium to cooperate with Yan Song's need to build his own discourse resources and system,and they finally realize the construction intention of political image and literary vision.