Jian 'an is the title of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. Jian 'an literature, which is usually referred to in the history of literature, refers to the literature from the years before Jian 'an to the last year of Wei Mingdi (239). In fact, it is the literature under the rule of Cao Shi forces, and its creation is mainly in the Jian 'an period.
Representative writers mainly include Cao Zhi's father and son (Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi), seven sons of Jian 'an (Kong Rong, Chen Lin, RoyceWong, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Angelababy, Serina Liu) and Cai Yan.
Jian 'an writers expressed their ambition to make contributions with their frankness, which set off the first literary creation climax in the history of China's poetry.
Because it was the Jian 'an era of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, it was later called Jian 'an literature, also called Jian 'an character.
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The prosperity of Jian 'an literature is closely related to its background. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the state pastoral regime split, wars and disasters continued, people were in dire straits, and they fled everywhere, or died in the army or famine and plague.
Jian 'an literati lived in this era of great change, witnessed all kinds of social misery and had personal feelings. Therefore, many literary works at that time reflected realistic themes and produced a large number of works describing war, people's suffering and longing for national reunification.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Jian' an literature