1, Tang poetry
Poetry reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty, which was the greatest period in the history of China literature. Tang poetry inherited the achievements of poetry since the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, and gradually developed into the stereotypes of modern Tang poetry in an imperfect state. Because the imperial examination system takes Tang poetry as the examination content, it is very prosperous economically and has a great accumulation in culture, so poetry reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty.
2. Song Ci
Ci reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, so it was called Song Ci. With the development of commodity economy and the expansion of citizen class in Song Dynasty, people's entertainment life has become more diverse, and the rigorous literary format of poetry can no longer satisfy the expression of people's thoughts and feelings.
Ci appeared before the Song Dynasty, but with the development of the literati in the Song Dynasty, it gradually became an authentic learning with diverse formats and few words, which was more suitable for people to express their feelings at that time.
3. Yuanqu
A new style appeared in the Yuan Dynasty. Qu, including zaju and Sanqu, was first circulated among the people and was called "street poetry" or "village minor". With the destruction of the Song Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty, it spread in the north and south with Beijing and Hangzhou as the center.
Yuanqu inherited the beauty and harmony of poetry; The society of Yuan Dynasty made the scholars in a low ebb, political monopoly and social darkness, which made Song Yuan radiate extremely dazzling fighting brilliance and reveal rebellious feelings. Pointed out sharply the social ills.
4. Ming and Qing novels
China's novels flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The novels of this era contain the essence of traditional culture to the greatest extent in ideological connotation and theme expression. Moreover, through secular illustrations, traditional culture has entered thousands of households with emotional images and touching stories.
Since the Ming Dynasty, novel, as a literary form, has fully demonstrated its social function and literary value, broken the monopoly of orthodox poetry, and achieved the status of literary history on a par with Tang poetry, Song ci and Yuan qu. The Qing Dynasty was a period when China's classical novels flourished and declined and turned into modern novels. China's novels began to take shape in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which prepared the conditions for the prosperity of novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuanqu, Ming and Qing novels clearly summarized the literary genres that each dynasty was good at. Some literary genres with their own characteristics appeared very early, and their beauty was not revealed until they met the right dynasty, while some literary genres came into being, leaving people with valuable cultural wealth directly.
Literature of past dynasties sought political capital from literati to express their talents, and gradually turned to express the voice of the masses and speak for the people. This is a top-down change, no longer just serving the upper class, but gradually considering the literary creation needed by the people at the bottom, which is the cultural treasure of the people.