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This book is a collection of more than 20 papers written by the author on topics related to Qing Dynasty literature. It mainly discusses some basic issues concerning the evolution of literary history and the development of literary criticism in the middle and early Qing Dynasty, and provides a logical analysis and explanation of these issues. The selected problem domain is not broad, but it also accommodates many elements of academic analysis. Among them, the core is the study of Wang Shizhen's poetic thoughts, Shen Deqian's poetic thoughts, Yuan Mei's poetic thoughts, the significance of Du's poetics in "Reading Du Xinjie", the literary criticism of "Sikuquanshu General Catalog" and the comparable topics extended from it. From them, we can fully understand the relationship between Qing Dynasty literature and the literature of previous dynasties; the relationship between literary development and the ideological trends of the times; the relationship between literary criticism and academic thought; the relationship between literary classics and literary acceptance, etc.