Implementing Simplified Conceptions in Confucianism--A Study on the Style of Writing of the Eastern Han Dynasty

The elegant style of writing of the Eastern Han Dynasty had three characteristics:a) fixing themes on the Confucian School;b) employing classic dictions and literary quotation;c) implementing dignified manner in embodied and common expressions. Having its tendency in the Western Han Dynasty, the elegant style of writing reached the highest point in the Eastern Han literature. That partly lied in the fact that Chinese literature had its tradition of advocating elegant style; and more importantly, the royal government of the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated dramatically the Confucianism. As the acceptance of the Confucianism became greater and greater, litterateur often composed their works for the political purposes of stabilizing the country, but not in the way of expressing their own feelings as those of the latter period.