A Study On The Concept Of "taking Text As Poetry" In Ming Poetry

Since the Northern Song Dynasty,topics on “writing poems in prose styles” has been discussed by many important writers and literary theorists in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.It has become an unavoidable proposition for issues such as the debates between proses and poems,the controversy over the Tang and Song poetry and the positive changes in literary history.There is a very concentrated expression in Ming poetry.The poetry circle in the early Ming Dynasty followed the purpose of the Song and Yuan Dynasties.The poetry creation was based on the excerpts of the Song and Yuan poems and poetry methods to make a book.In the poetics theory,it also inherited the predecessors.Specifically,view of "writing poems in prose styles" is also written by the predecessors,and few are written by the predecessors,independent opinion.In the midMing Dynasty,the literary retro trend of thought prevailed.The creation of poetry and words in this period mainly reflected and promoted this grand trend of returning to tradition and admiring the orthodox style.The development of mainstream ideas such as body respect and body has experienced a process from extreme negation to transformation affirmation.Li Dongyang used the rhythm to distinguish the differences between poetry and prose,and criticized the breaking of the external form of poetry by "writing poems in prose styles".Later,Yang Shen looked at the influence of "writing poems in prose styles" on the content of poetry,and implemented his criticism of " writing poems in prose styles" into doubts and dissatisfaction with Du Shi's "history of poetry",which was more profound.Their view of "writing poems in prose styles" is based on the strong sense of respect for the pure style of poetry,which is a counterattack against the continuous loss of poetry's lyrical qualities since the mid-Tang Dynasty.However,their view of "writing poems in prose styles" also has extremes such as completely opposing poetry and prose,completely denying the rationality of arguments and reasoning in poetry etc,and it is difficult to see the true nature of Song poetry where the value lies.These prejudices were changed with the latter seven masters of the literary world.Although the poetics of Wang Shizhen,Xie Zhen and others are also based on the retro background,they have gotten rid of the paranoia of their predecessors,and they can express their affirmation of "writing poems in prose styles" from the perspective of "combination of poetry and text".The interpenetration of poetry and prose skills can be flexibly used in the creation.Their views also represent the change in the attitude of the ancient school towards "writing poems in prose styles" and the new changes in Song poetry.In the late Ming Dynasty,the literary emancipation trend of poetry and the retro trend of thought competed,and the creation of poetry and writing criticized the retro,opposed the imitation of the ancients,and advocated the innovation of poetry and prose.Different poetic ideas collide with each other,and the theoreticians' discussion of "writing poems in prose styles" also presents a situation of blooming.On the one hand,they deepened the predecessors' criticism of "writing poems in prose styles" from the perspective of debates between proses and poems,and at the same time,they developed a new understanding in combination with the innovative trend of thought and the main sentiment thought at that time.The value of changes and innovations in "writing poems in prose styles" and Song poetry has finally been excavated and affirmed,which is embodied in the poetics talks of Hu Yinglin,Jiang Yingke,Xu Xueyi and others.The view of "writing poems in prose styles" of the Ming Poetics Talks accompanied the development of the literary trend of thought in the Ming Dynasty,showing different patterns in different periods,and interrelated and interacted with many poetic issues,and eventually became an important topic of poetic criticism in the Ming Dynasty.