摘要
calls the evolution of literary trends during the Tang Dynasty a slow-moving process.Inthe opinion of the author,the change of one literary trend into another took placegradually at the end of a protracted evolutionary cycle.Between an outgoingliterary trend and just before its successor suddenly emerged there was often a periodof transition during which some elements of both served as connecting links betweenthe two. Any theoretical guide used to shape the direction of literary creation hadto be of practical value, otherwise it could not attain its purpose.The changingliterary trends of the Tang Dynasty,claims the author,were related to the politicaldevelopments of the time, but were mainly manifested in the psychology of the in-tellectual elite.This article is the concluding part of History of Literary Trends inthe Sui,Tang and Five Dynasties Period,a new work by the author to be published by the Classical Publishing House of Shanghai.
calls the evolution of literary trends during the Tang Dynasty a slow-moving process.In the opinion of the author,the change of one literary trend into another took place gradually at the end of a protracted evolutionary cycle.Between an outgoing literary trend and just before its successor suddenly emerged there was often a period of transition during which some elements of both served as connecting links between the two. Any theoretical guide used to shape the direction of literary creation had to be of practical value, otherwise it could not attain its purpose.The changing literary trends of the Tang Dynasty,claims the author,were related to the political developments of the time, but were mainly manifested in the psychology of the in- tellectual elite.This article is the concluding part of History of Literary Trends in the Sui,Tang and Five Dynasties Period,a new work by the author to be published by the Classical Publishing House of Shanghai.
