The Monument and a Chinese Qusi-Style In Ancient Times

According to Liu Xie's view the monument is a unique style in his Dragon-Carving and the Literary Mind.Certain difference exists between mourning-song and epitaph.The monument is a carrier of an article as well as a stone,whether a stone can be counted as a literary style has been an argument afterwards.Cai Yong,the most talented epitaph writer in later Han,his euphuism established the monument as a literary style and showed his faults of moral standards.The literariess of practical writing was criticized by theMay Fourth Movement in the 20th century,but Cai Yong's graceful literary style worths the appliciation in all times.