During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, "a hundred schools of thought contend and nine streams converge." Representatives of various schools of thought have written books and published their own social and political opinions.
All kinds of philosophers' articles have their own styles. During this period, Confucianism, France, Taoism and Mohism were four important schools.
2. The concept of historical prose is related to philosophical prose.
Philosophical prose focuses on theoretical analysis and debate, without taking notes; Historical prose mainly describes the evolution of historical events, and the earliest historical prose is Shangshu.
Historical prose has three bodies, which are divided into "country", "discipline" and "biography"
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The historical function of "historical prose";
China's ancient narrative prose occupies a high position in historical works, and its source is in the pre-Qin period. In particular, mature historical essays formed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period-Zuo Zhuan, Mandarin, Warring States Policy, Yanzi Chunqiu, etc. , has a wide and far-reaching impact on later generations.
Sima Qian's Historical Records not only adopted a large number of historical materials of Zuo Zhuan and Warring States Policy, but also absorbed their writing skills and language style. For example, Zhao Shijia is very similar to Zuo Zhuan, Biography of Ping Yuanjun, Wei Gongzi and Warring States Policy.
The criticism of right and wrong in the Spring and Autumn Annals and the spirit of no argot in Zuo Zhuan have been inherited by the good history since Sima Qian and become the writing principles of historians of past dynasties.
Since Sima Qian, historians have been full of praise for him, which is also inspired by Zuo Zhuan.
The author of Zuo Zhuan often expresses his views and comments on historical events and figures through the mouth of "gentlemen" or others, which is also inherited by later historians.
The eloquence of strategists in The Warring States Policy directly influenced political writers such as Jia Yi and Chao Cuo in the early Han Dynasty. Famous ancient Chinese writers since the Tang and Song Dynasties, such as Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Ceng Gong, etc. , have studied the historical prose of the pre-Qin dynasty.
Their narratives and biographies are greatly influenced by the historical prose of the pre-Qin period in terms of language and expression. For example, although Han Yu is "Zuo's grandiose", Dong Gong's rhetoric to the stars is very similar to Zuo Zhuan.
Liu Zongyuan is not sad about the so-called "sage's way" in Guoyu, but he admits that he is "deeply convinced" in his article, and advocates "participating in Guoyu to enrich its interest" (Comments on Teacher's Way in Liuhe Dongji) and Zuo Zhuan and Guoyu's words.
As for Su and his son, the influence of the Warring States policy is particularly obvious. Su Xun's historical theories, such as Quan Shu and Lun Heng, and Su Shi's strategic theories and books, such as Warring States Policy, Ce Bie, Ce Duan and Zhi Lin, all absorbed the beneficial experience of studying Warring States Policy.
It can be said that Chunqiu directly inspired the writers of classical Chinese novels in later generations, while Mu Zhuan and Yi Zhou Shu can be regarded as the origins of rap literature in later generations.
Baidu Encyclopedia _ Historical Prose
Baidu Encyclopedia _ Prose of Various Scholars