Looking at the development history of China literature, we can find that before Ming and Qing Dynasties, China literature was mostly in the form of poetry and drama. Poetry is a way of life of ancient literati, and its applicability among the people is not high. After all, a farmer who hasn't read a book won't think of reciting poetry in his spare time.
Before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in fact, there were not many knowledgeable people in the whole society. Most literate people with a little education may be local officials. From this point of view, before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the cultural popularization in China was actually very low. This situation makes the development of culture have great limitations.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the perfection of the imperial examination system led to a large number of scholars, even if they failed to become officials in the end, it did not affect the fact that they were educated. These people who have read books but failed to take part-time jobs have become the main personnel in the development of folk novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
First of all, their academic qualifications are actually limited, and their cultural level is also limited. It's really difficult for these unsung people to write poems, but they need to make a living. Therefore, at this time, vernacular story novels that can be accepted by uneducated people have become their powerful skills for survival. Although high-quality novels still need a very high literary level, novels that can be accepted by the general bottom people do not need particularly superb literary attainments.
In this case, a large number of folk stories and novels appeared in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Then, when the development of novels became a wave that can't be ignored, they were accepted by people with real ability, thus creating novels with real great literary value and pushing the novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties to the peak.
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