The Fool And The Creation Of The Fool In The Literature Of Tang Dynasty

In the history of Chinese literature, there is a community composed by the fool. Their birth and growth, is not the individual phenomenon appears accidentally , but the special creation which inherits from all previous dynasties. Behind the characters and behaviors of the fool , we can find authors' in-depth motive and their cultural psychology . This kind of essential factor has formed a unique literary phenomenon, which presents different styles and individualities in different historical development times. Two main types of the fool appeared in pre-Qin time: laughable Stupid and hateful Stupid. In Tang dynasty, the creation of the fool went into a new period of the literary history. The fool became a kind of models in all kinds of literary works, such as poetry ,prose, novel and so on. The creation of the fool has had three new characteristics.These three characteristics symbolizes the unique status in the literature of Tang dynasty,and prepare for the prosperity of creation of the fool in Ming and Qing dynasty.