The last seven sons refer to Wang Shizhen, Xu Zhonghang, Liang Youyu, Zong Chen, Wu.
They emphasize retro, and advocate that "literature must be in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and poetry must flourish in the Tang Dynasty". They think that the more ancient literature, the better. The works of the former and the latter seven sons focus on imitating ancient times, with few artistic features, but they play an important role in correcting the style of Taige style. In actual creation, they also wrote some works with true feelings.
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(A) the impact on poetry in the Ming Dynasty
The trend of retro literature in the middle of Ming Dynasty led by the former and the latter seven sons has influenced the poetry circle of Ming Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, and pointed out the direction for the depressed poetry creation at that time. His theory of retro poetry completely eliminated the influence of Taige style and broke the literary atmosphere of praising virtue and whitewashing peace at that time.
Faced with the monotonous poetic style with few excellent works, they reflect on their own poetic creation, attach importance to the artistic techniques of poetic creation, look to the Han and Tang Dynasties, and are eager to create a new era of poetic prosperity by learning excellent ancient poetry works.
(B) the impact on the development of China's ancient poetry
They not only influenced the poetry of Ming Dynasty, but also influenced the history of China's poetry development. They emphasize the dominant position of poetry, think that poetry is poetry and has nothing to do with Neo-Confucianism, oppose Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism and stereotyped writing, oppose rigid poetry creation, and emphasize the courage to express their true feelings in poetry.
At the same time, they also set an example of poetry creation, which changed from "emphasizing reason and interest" to "emphasizing emotion" from the Song and Yuan Dynasties. They are eager to crush the poetry creation that attaches importance to morality and ethics under the influence of Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism by attaching importance to the true feelings of poetry.