On Research About Ma Qichang And His Prose

Fufeng Ma family,one of the five major families in the history of Tongcheng,had been closely related to the fine family tradition and the family education.Ma Qichang was a famous family member under the influence of family tradition and education.In the early years,Ma Qichang took Fang Zongcheng,Wu Ru-lun,etc.as his teacher,and then went to the capital with making several scholars.Given Ma's life,Ma had made great achievements in the field of writing and scholarship.In the contemporary stylistic view,Ma Qichang's classical writing can be roughly divided into narrative,argumentation and lyric.Facing the practical thoughts and enlightenment new ideas among the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China,Ma were more to take a neutral attitude.This neutral attitude also made influences in his classical ideas.Ma Qichang insisted on maintaining the traditional rituals in the creation of ancient works,and attached great importance to the value of the text,but for the realization of the value of the text,Ma insisted that to have a high writing skill is a basis.In the artistic characteristics,Ma Qichang's ancient essays often reflected a deep thinking,and some articles focus on the proof of evidence.Sometimes the prose was accompanied by new sound with this deep thinking.In addition,Ma Qichang also pay attention to the form of the article;Ma often use many layers to express ideas and have a big epilogue at the end of the article.With facing the changes of the world and the growth of his academic sophistication,Ma's later years of the text also gradually show the characteristics of free and natural.