The Study On Prose Of The Prosperous Tang

Abstract: The classical prose had been the centre of classical literature before May 4^th movement. Since then, however, various factors resulted in comparative dreariness on study of the classical prose. So, this dissertation tries to discuss the ample content, unique aesthetic appreciation, multi-dimensional select of literary development, various literary concepts and complicated connection between literature and politics, economy, culture in the prose of the Prosperous Tang through close reading, with an aim to made a deep and full comprehension of the prose of the Prosperous Tang and to enrich the study of the literature of the Prosperous Tang.In the prologue, there is an introduction of the evolution of the concept of 'prose', on which the scope and the object of this dissertation are based. This dissertation focuses on the single-line prose, the parallel and the ode from A.D.713 to A.D.762. A detailed introduction of the present research situation of the prose of the Prosperous Tang follows.Chapter 1 discusses the prose in Kai-yuan period. Its representatives are Zhang Yue, Su Ting and Zhang Jiu-ling. Its primary content is that sing the court's exploit and extol the emperor's virtue, including stele, eulogy and command. Its styles are high-spirited, vigorous, firm, luxuriant.Chapter 2 discusses prose from the evening of Kai-yuan period to Tian-bao period. Its representatives are Li Bai, Sun Ti, Du Fu, Wang Wei. Its content is composed of singing and animadverting, enterprise and indignation, heroic and singularity.Chapter 3 disscusses the prose from Zhi-De period to Bao-Ying period. Its representatives are Xiao Yin-shi, Li Hua, Yan Zheng-qing, Du Gu-Ji and Yuan Jie. Its content is animadverting common customs, pondering chaos caused by war, abreacting torment, and so on. Its styles are powerful, solemn, sad and heavy.In chapter 4, breakthrough and innovation of types of literature of the prose in the Prosperous Tang are discussed. The evolution of the original type pattern, the inner prescription, aesthetics characteristics and culture significance of Lufu, Preface and adjudication order which are the significant styles in the Prosperous Tang, are carefully discussed.Chapter 5 discusses the particularity and individuality of the prose in the Prosperous Tang, the petition, for instance. I take apart the petition which is a confliction consisted of timeserving and chasteness, construe the hidden society custom, community intention and scholar character in the petition, grasp the spunk view and personality hankering of the bookman in the Prosperous Tang, master art breakthrough and idiographic charm from the system of awarding official position, a knight of the pen character and culture spirit in the Heyday of Tang dynasty.The prose and the poetry together establish the Phenomenon of Prosperous Tang. The prose in the Heyday of Tang dynasty is able to have a style of its own, along with the prose in the Han dynasty and the Six dynasties. It possesses milestone meaning in the development history of the prose in Tang dynasty; deeply affect the simple style prose movement in the Middle Tang dynasty.