The Prose Creation Of Li Zongmin

Li Zongmin was a famous politician in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. As a leaderof the Controversy between Li Party and Niu Party,he had rich political career in all hislife. At the same time, Li Zongmin was good at writing, especially in the inscription.Hehad a certain literary talent.One of his poem was kept in473rd volumes of Quan Tang Shi.At the same time,his prose were kept in714rd volumes of Quan Tang Wen,including twoPolitical Essays and four inscriptions.The number of Li Zongmin’s proses is notmuch,however it had its own characteristics.His proses not only had literary value, butalso had great historical value. His inscriptions are particularly with the significance of theresearch. It is also the key part of this paper.The name of this paper is The Prose creation of Li Zongmin.It mainly includes twoparts,one is about his life, official record and his political career.Another is about hisprose,this paper is trying to interpret his proses. Through the Interpretation of his prose, tosum up the characteristics of his proses.It is also the key part of this paper.The political Essays of Li Zongmin have his own perspective, with strong pertinence andsignificant realistic meaning.The length of the article is not long,but the structure is verystrict. The inscriptions narrated the achievements of many figures, and expressed hiscomments in the end of the articles.He used narration while argument,to expressed hisstrong emotions.In a word, the style of his prose is closer to the middle and late Tang Dynasty.Thecreation of his prose absorbs and draws lessons from Han Yu.