The Tang Dynasty created an extremely favorable environment for cultural development. The enterprising spirit and magnanimity of scholars brought up in the prosperous times greatly enriched the creativity of literature, and also brought high-spirited spirit to literature, creating a prosperous atmosphere that was repeatedly praised by later generations. Judging from the development of literature itself, the prosperity of literature in the Tang Dynasty is the inevitable result of the development of literature in the Six Dynasties. The prosperity of literature in the Tang Dynasty is manifested in the all-round development of poetry, literature, novels and ci, as well as the emergence of a large number of writers and masters. The stages of Tang poetry and the main poets, poetry schools and creative characteristics in each period. The profound influence of Tang literature.
Literary features of the Song Dynasty;
The literature of Song Dynasty is an important stage in the development of China's classical literature, which basically develops along the direction since the middle Tang Dynasty. The ancient prose movement initiated by Han Yu and others received enthusiastic response from writers in the Song Dynasty. The close combination of orthodoxy and literary tradition makes the ancient prose in Song Dynasty truly become a practical style with strong political function. In terms of poetry, it pays attention to reflecting reality, and the theme style tends to be popular, forming a Song poetry that is completely different from Tang poetry. Ci, as a new form of poetry, reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. Popular literature such as operas and speeches also developed rapidly in the Song Dynasty, and gradually formed popular narrative literature represented by scripts and operas such as Zhu Gong tune, zaju and Nanxi opera, thus changing the situation that ancient China literature was longer than narrative in expressing emotions and attached importance to orthodox literature while ignoring popular literature, laying a foundation for the development of novels and operas in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
As far as literary style and theme are concerned, the literature of the Tang Dynasty is magnificent. It is quite different from the ethereal spirit of the Six Dynasties in artistic conception. In contrast, many outstanding literary works in Song Dynasty were created by patriotic writers. The performance is more real, and more is the concern and criticism of the country. However, it is precisely this that makes the literature of the Song Dynasty more attractive!
In a certain direction, the literature of the Tang Dynasty played a very positive role in the literature of the Song Dynasty, while the literature of the Song Dynasty played a connecting role! It laid a good foundation for later Ming and Qing literature!