Brief Comments on Han Dynasty' s Shelun

Given by Xiao Tong in his Wen Xuan, Shelun refers to a special literary genre by means of which intellects in Han Dynasty wrote. Shelun of Han Dynasty is centred on expressing the author's attitude toward society and life. The most obvious stylistic characteristic is its discussion and debate. Strictly speaking, Han Dnasty's Shelun is in the category of argumentation, quite different from descriptive and lyrical proses. The Shelun of Han Dynasty is thought -provok- ing. It expresses the value of life of the intellects in Han Dynasty and also the development of the ideology in the literature of Han Dynasty. All these play an important role in the understanding of the psychological state of intellects in Han Dynasty, as well as the gradual changes of the ideology in the literature of Han Dynasty.