Especially in view of the literature depression caused by the influence of academic atmosphere and Taige style creation since the early Ming Dynasty, they rebuilt the theory of literature's subjective feelings, paid attention to the construction of literary system, paid due attention to folk literature, and reflected their new understanding of literature itself.
However, because they pay too much attention to the laws of creation such as statutes and styles, they can't extricate themselves from the antique mode, which also causes the malady of the disconnection between creative theory and practice. Another literary school, the Tang and Song School, between the former and the latter seven scholars, aims to learn the ancient prose of the Tang and Song Dynasties, but it has not caused a greater wave in the literary world.
The emergence of literary retro schools in the mid-Ming Dynasty, despite their respective insurmountable weaknesses, is objectively conducive to strengthening the discussion and construction of literature itself, showing to some extent the trend of literature gradually stepping out of a single rigid pattern and seeking a new way out, and also reflecting the increasingly active social and cultural ideological trend in the mid-Ming Dynasty.
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The trend of thought of retro literature initiated by the former and the latter seven scholars had a great shock in the literary world at that time, and also brought direct and indirect, positive and negative influences to the later literary world.
For example, Shen Deqian once flaunted the achievements of the former and the latter seven scholars in restoring ancient ways, advocated absorbing the contents from the literary arguments of the former and the latter seven scholars, and raised the banner of restoring ancient ways again, thinking that "poetry does not learn from the past, which is called wild style", and directly inherited the mantle of the former and the latter seven scholars in restoring ancient ways.
On the other hand, the ideas of some literary changes of the former and the latter seven sons also opened up the new spirit of later literature in a sense. Yuan Hongdao, a representative of the Public Security School in the late Ming Dynasty, while affirming the literary activities of Li Mengyang and He Jingming, he also praised the works such as "Mopping Grass Rod" sung by the folk as "more authentic voices". This argument is obviously related to what Li Mengyang said: "True poetry is among the people".
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