On The Prose Of Wu Cheng

Wu Cheng was a famous Neo-Confucianist and Literaturer in Yuan Dynasty.He was born in a Confucian family and was interested in learning.From the civilian who taught apprenticeship in thatched cottage to the imperial teacher who repeatedly refused to be conscripted by the court,he lived through the Song and Yuan Dynasties.He has been engaged in writing,put forward his own ideas and theories during his whole life.His works are abundant in quantity.Among his handed down writings,prose occupies a large amount of space and involves a comprehensive theme.Prose is an important document to study the creation and artistic characteristics of Wu Cheng's articles.Influenced by his growing process and academic career,wu cheng's prose works are often full of Confucian feelings and show outstanding literati style beyond the meticulous thoughts of a theorist.His prose,in terms of ideological content,can be divided into five aspects: miscellanies,commentaries,book lists,prefaces and postscripts,and epitaphs,On the basis of the original style of innovation,the writing form is unique.In terms of artistic characteristics,it is mainly manifested in two major directions of "creating articles by substance" and "blending reasoning with rhetoric".The style of writing is transparent and elegant,which is based on the heart and temperament,changing the style of neo-confucianism in song dynasty,which shows his literary achievements of "inheriting the trend of thought of Tang and Song Dynasty,restoring the ancient tradition" and "without the superficial of secular and say viewpoints which predecessors not say".It occupies the important position in the prose history of Yuan Dynasty and even in the prose history of China.