On Stereotyped

The eight-part essay is the "stepping-stone"for the Confucian scholars of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to enter the bureaucratic government. Because of all sorts of harsh terms that the rulers set up for the eight-part essay artificially, its content turns to be monotouous, and its style becomes miscellaneous, so that when it is mentioned today, people always condemn it both in speech and in writing , sniff at it, or repudiate it totally, criticize it greatly. But when probing into it further, what is the real eight-part essay on earth? why is it so sinful?people often do not know the reason ; Comparatively the studying of the academia on eight-part essay is very little,not only the retained original texts of eight-part essay have already dissipated mostly, but also the monograph is also very few. Though some scholars are discontended with this kind of phenomenon deeply (such as the famous gentleman named Qigong ), they lead to promote the deep research of the eight-part essay , but the current situation of the research on the eight-part essay still allows of no optimism.In the face of this kind of phenomenon that the academy goes out of cultivation, the author proceeds with the introduction of such basic situations as the name,the topic of the eight-part essay ,etc., analyses the production and the development of the eight-part essay conscientiously, compares the characteristic of the eight-part essay of Ming Dynasty with the Qing Dynasty's in detail , and goes on the deep research and bold discussion on a great deal of positive function of eight-part essay that forefathers neglected especially, makes every effort to return the due objective appraisal to the eight-part essay ,expecting that this kind of effort can offer a little help to the studying on the extinct historial and cultural phenomenon.