Exploration of Prosperity of Poetry on History in Later Tang Dynasty

The unprecedented prosperity of poems on history in later Tang dynasty have a variety of reasons.History attachment in imperial civil examination in middle-and-later Tang dynasty,and corresponding popular history consciousness are the basic reasons for its prosperity.What's more,the dialectical thinking required in imperial civil examination,social ideological trend of seeking new,training of critical thinking that required in the poetry on poems made it in the thorough aesthetic process,causing the lasting enthusiasm of the poets of history.Additionally,poems on history about Southern Dynasty add extraordinary splendor to the historical poetry in later Tang dynasty with vividness.