Exploring the Mysteries of Ancient Chinese Prose
by Yang Qingcun
About This Novel
"Exploring the Mysteries of Ancient Chinese Prose" is a self-selected collection of academic papers studying the development of ancient Chinese prose. Most of the 25 selected results were published in journals such as Chinese Social Sciences, Literary Review, and Literary Heritage, or were keynote speeches at international academic seminars. The book covers the origin and evolution of prose, basic theories, historical facts of creation, classic writers, national characteristics, etc. It profoundly reveals the breadth, depth and artistic creation of ancient Chinese prose, thereby proposing a series of new insights. The author examines in detail the emergence of prose not later than poetry. The concept of prose is widely used in the classics of the Southern Song Dynasty and is not a "random product". He proposes to use musicality as a demarcation to establish the scope of prose research and demonstrates that both prose and parallel prose belong to the category of prose. Most prose classics are closely related to the mainstream culture of the Chinese nation, Confucianism. The development of ancient Chinese prose presents nine distinctive stages. He believes that the Song Dynasty was the peak period of prose creation. The author focuses on the prosperous landscape of prose in the Song Dynasty with the evolution model of style schools and the profound humanistic heritage of "people-oriented". He deeply analyzes the development and innovation of prose genres in the Song Dynasty, the genres and development of prose in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and discusses in depth the emergence of Ouyang Xiuwen's Taoism and his "unparalleled" creative practice, and Su Shi's Confucian thought. The concept of "merging power with heaven and earth" and the prose wonders of "the source of ten thousand dendrobiums" are examined in detail, Huang Tingjian "uses poetry as prose" to incorporate poetic sentiment into prose creation, Li Qingzhao creates the profound artistic conception of prose with his affectionate and delicate lyrics and rigorous and meticulous structure, and Xin Qiji "uses the art of war as grammar" to create a new realm of majestic prose with a broad vision. The book also discusses the excavation and application of ancient Chinese prose historical materials and documents, as well as the value guidance and expansion trends of prose research.
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