Comparative Study Of Literary Thought Between Wen Xin Diao Long And Tongcheng School

Tongcheng School, as the Qing Dynasty's largest and most widely circulated essay genre, separated with the book Wen Xin Diao Long which producted on the Northern and Southern Dynasties by long years, but we look at both the literary thought, there are many similarities between them.Wen Xin Diao Long was produced in Southern and Northern Dynasties when the stylewas conscious. This period is a period of extreme pursuit of beauty, Zong Baihua pointed out:"Late Han Dynasty to six Dynasties was the most politically chaotic, the most painful socialtimes, but it was a very free spirit, very liberating, the most rich in wisdom and the most concentrated in the passion of an era, so that was one of the richest artistic spirit of the age. "The literary world presented a prosperity.Literary thought, literary theme and the overall style appeared many new changes, also began a special literary works, which laid a foundation for Wen Xin Diao Long.Wen Xin Diao Long appeared in this literary environment and as a systematic theory work, not only absorbed and summed up many preceding literary points, became a "large body and detailed consideration" literary work, and origin a lot of new literary theory, its summary and exploration about the different aspects of literary composition provides a deep fertile soil for the later literary creation and literary theory, the impact on future generations can be described as permeating all aspects of literature, the subsequent literature and aesthetic theory of evolution did not deviate from their basic areas of discussion. We can say, this impact of Wen Xin Diao Long on future generations is difficult to assess.To the Qing Dynasty, the literator respected Wen Xin Diao Long highly,appeared many researchers, so Wen Xin Diao Long made a subtle influence to literature and literary theory views this period.As the most influential literary genre Tongcheng School of Qing Dynasty accepted the impact of Wen Xin Diao Long.The problems which Wen Xin Diao Long discussed, such as "elucidating Dao,following Sages,venerating Confucian classics", "Change"problem, "Wen Qi said", "Style said", were all inherited by Tongcheng School, and on this basis, having their own interpretation.The Tong Cheng scholar Yao Yongpu write "literary study", the style imitated Wen Xin Diao Long, as the development and summarize of the Tongcheng, "Literature Study"based on Wen Xin Diao Long and Tong Cheng ancestors,added new concepts and new theoryof Chinese literature after Liu Xie,had an impregnable position to the article field.Also,because of different perioed,environment and theoretical background, there are big differences between Wen Xin Diao Long and Tongcheng Literary Thought.