Main styles: poetry and prose
Main features:
1. Regardless of literature, history and philosophy, regardless of poetry, music and dance.
2. There is no independent literary criticism.
3. The formation of Taoist and Confucian literary thoughts.
Second, the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties-mature period
Main styles: poetry and prose
Main features:
1. The era of literary consciousness is coming.
2. A large number of literary criticism works appear.
3. The formation of a complete and mature literary theory system.
4. The literary thoughts of Confucianism and Taoism are the unity of opposites.
Third, the Tang, Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties-the period of deepening development
Main styles: poetry, ci, prose, classical Chinese novels and vernacular novels.
Main features:
1. Poems, words and articles appear in large numbers.
2. Drama and novel criticism have sprouted.
3. Literary theory develops in depth.
Fourth, the Ming and Qing Dynasties-the heyday
Main styles: poetry, prose, novel, opera.
Main features:
1. Poetry theory is summary and comprehensive, seeking development and innovation in summary.
2. The theory of novel and drama has developed and prospered in an all-round way.
Verb (the abbreviation of verb) is modern-the end and transition period
Main styles: poetry, prose, ci, novel, opera.
Main features:
1. Summarize traditional theories with traditional methods.
2. Accepting western theoretical methods and viewpoints, showing a new look of combining Chinese and Western (such as Wang Guowei's "The Thorn on Earth").