Literature of Tang and Song Dynasties

The literature of Tang Dynasty refers to the literature of Tang Dynasty (6 18 to 907). The literature in the Tang Dynasty was unprecedentedly prosperous, and "poetry" was the most dazzling. The Tang Dynasty is known as the "golden age" of poetry.

Poetry in the Tang Dynasty was unprecedented and reached the peak of China's classical poetry. Tang poetry has a wide range of themes, schools and styles, and its author is well-known and widely circulated, which is beyond the predecessors and can only be compared with later generations.

The prosperity of Tang poetry comes down in one continuous line with the cultural contexts such as The Book of Songs and Songs of the South. Classical poetry was inherited and carried forward by Han Yuefu, folk songs, Jian 'an Qizi, Jin Dynasty poetry and Southern and Northern Dynasties Yuefu poetry, which created environment and nutrients for the maturity of classical poetry.

In the Tang Dynasty, prose was the highest achievement, and the representatives were Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan. Representative essays include Shi Shuo, ZaShuo, Qian Donkey and Snake Catcher.

The representative novels of the Tang Dynasty are short stories that pursue "Tang legend" and "strangeness". Outstanding representative works include Biography of Yuan Zhen, Biography of Li Wa by Bai Xingjian, Biography of Song of Eternal Sorrow by Chen Hong, Biography of Liu Yi by Li and Biography of Huo Xiaoyu. The birth of "legendary" literature in the Tang Dynasty marked the beginning of the maturity of novels.