What are the main contents and artistic features of the Warring States Policy?

"The Warring States Policy" recorded the major events in the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties and in Qin, Qi, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, Rong, Wei, Zhongshan and other countries, which lasted from the Spring and Autumn Period to Qin and Six Kingdoms for about 240 years. The artistic features of Warring States Policy are vivid characterization, good at allegory and unique language style.

The Warring States Policy is a national historical work, also known as the national policy, which is divided into 12 policies, 33 volumes and 497 articles. The author is not a person, and writing a book is not an instant. Most of the authors in the book don't know who they are. Liu Xiang compiled thirty-three articles in the Western Han Dynasty, and the titles were also drawn up by Liu Xiang.

The Warring States Policy is good at explaining a truth through fables, which is vivid, humorous and intriguing. For example, Zou Ji's satire can be adjusted, and Qi Wang praised Zou Ji's "beauty is better than Xu Gong" for different purposes through his wives and friends, explaining the truth of "listening to people's words clearly and listening to people's words secretly", and exhorting Qi Wang not to believe the words of ladies-in-waiting, but to be outspoken and encourage the people to make suggestions.

In addition, eloquence, sharp satire and intriguing humor constitute a unique language style. Many fables in the book, such as "gild the lily" and "Smith", have been passed down as idioms to this day.

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The literary achievement of Warring States Policy is very outstanding. In the history of China literature, it marks a new period in the development of China's ancient prose, with outstanding literariness, especially in characterization, language use and fable. Lu, a beginner in Qing dynasty, called the Warring States policy "the strangeness of its articles is enough to entertain people's eyes and ears, and the cleverness of its changes is enough to make people feel bad."

The ideological content of Warring States Policy is complex, which mainly reflects the ideological tendency of military strategists, but also reflects the historical characteristics of active thinking and cultural diversity during the Warring States period. The political view of the Warring States Policy is relatively progressive, and the most prominent thing is to attach importance to the political thought of talents.

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