Each dynasty will generally form a climax of the development of a certain literary genre. Writers related to this literary genre will appear and produce works that are difficult to surpass. Therefore, this literary genre will become the symbol of this dynasty. Represents style. For example, we usually talk about Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan opera, Ming and Qing novels, etc. What about the Han Dynasty? What was the most famous thing about the Han Dynasty? The literary performance of the Han Dynasty people was the creation of Han Fu.
Han Fu is a literary style specially used to display literary talent.
It has neat sentence patterns and gorgeous diction, and generally describes palaces, cities, emperors' safari, etc. This kind of work has a grand scale, reflecting majestic momentum and broad vision, which is consistent with the characteristics of the powerful Han Dynasty. Therefore, the emergence of Han Fu, in addition to satisfying the author's need to observe things and express emotions, also has a historical mission of "polishing Hongye" and singing for this powerful country.
In this era of national unity and strong national power, writers worked hard to praise it. Not only that, the ruling class also advocated the creation of Fu. Many people were granted official positions and received high praise because of their good writing of Fu. courtesy.
This stimulated everyone's enthusiasm for writing fu, so many fu writers were produced at this time, and many fu works were produced that were passed down to later generations. The greatest Han Fu writer in the Han Dynasty was Sima Xiangru!
His most famous works include "Zixu Fu", "Shanglin Fu", "Adult Fu", etc. "Zixu Fu" and "Shanglin Fu" use exaggerated brushwork and neat sentence patterns to describe the spectacular scenes of imperial hunting. This is the cultural expression of the unification of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty read it and was full of praise. He thought it was an ancient work and felt regretful at the same time. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty read "Adult Fu", he "had the ambition to reach the clouds", as if he was going to become a god. Sima Xiangru is indeed the greatest writer of the Han Dynasty. Summary:
Of course, enabling empowerment to become a representative literary style of the Han Dynasty cannot be achieved by Sima Xiangru’s creation alone. There were many Fu writers in the Han Dynasty, such as the so-called "Four Masters of Han Fu", that is, in addition to Sima Xiangru, there were Yang Xiong, Ban Gu, and Zhang Heng. They also created many Han Fu works. Han Fu writers continued to emerge in the history of the Han Dynasty, carrying and carrying forward the spirit of the times of the Han Dynasty.