Muscle theory is a kind of poetry theory, which advocates that poetry should be based on knowledge, with solid content and elegant form. It aims to correct the bias of poetic theories such as verve theory and modality theory at that time, or praise verve, stick to style or talk about temperament, which leads to poetry becoming a boring and rhythmic article.

"Texture" originally refers to the fullness of human skin, and here refers to the righteousness and arts in poetry. It aims to emphasize the importance of Confucian classics and knowledge to poetry creation, which has a distinct retro color.

origin

From the Qing Dynasty to Qianlong and Jiaqing, the disadvantages of the theory of verve were very obvious, so the style made up for its shortcomings, and the theory of temperament rose again to save the disadvantages of the theory of temperament, while Weng Fanggang raised the banner of literati poetry and put forward the theory of "texture" to compete with the school of spirituality, winning the reconciliation of money in the same period. During Daoxian period, Cheng Enze, Qi Juanzao, Zhengzhen,