The Research About Suzhou's Wen's Family Writers In The Ming Dynasty

In the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou's Wen's family was expert in Literature and the Arts. And this feature passed on from generation to generation. At that time, the family was a unique culture family. The most of this family members were good at Literature and the Arts, of course, there was somebody was proficient in an art. This article focuses on their poems and prose. So this thesis cuts from Wen's family members'writer identity to research their life, friendship, poems and prose.This thesis takes the pedigree of Wen's family as the clue, in order to show the whole picture about this family Literature's development. And it is divided into four chapters.Chapter One researches Wen Hong, Wen Lin, Wen Sen, who symbolized Wen's family Literature's Early-hing. There are their"life tables"behind themselves.Chapter Two researches Wen Zhengming who was Wen's family Literature's peak.This Chapter is divided into four parts, such as"life","friendship","thoughts","poems and prose". Because there have been some kinds of Wen Zhengming Chronicle, so there was not his"life table".Chapter Three researches Wen Peng, Wen Jia, Wen Zhaozhi, and so on, who continued their family Literature tradition. There are their"life tables"behind themselves, too.Chapter Four researches Wen's family writers at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The representatives are Wen Zhenmeng and Wen Zhenheng. In addition, there are Wen Bing and other members, who had noble virtues. There are their"life tables"behind themselves, too.There is Introduction in front of this paper and Epilog at the back of this paper. Introduction summarizes Wen's family members'actions in Literature and the Art, and analyzes the Research Status.Epilog explores the family's Literature Features, and briefly analyzes the reasons why the family's Literature can flourish.