A Comparative Study of HAN Yu's Classical Prose Concurrently Taking in Tang and Song Schools and SIMA Qian's Shi Ji in Ming Dynasty

A comparative criticism of HAN Yu's classical prose and SIMA Qian's Shi Ji,as an important part of the history of HAN Yu's criticism,had been concentrated on such issues as their works' differences in sentiment,temperament and showing their hands of mastery after their straitened life,particularly in their style and grammar,with the focuses of attention dispersed a bit too much at the early stage.Since middle Ming Dynasty,directed against the sole reverence for the grammatical arrangement of the Qin and Han Dynasties and imitating the outer-appearance but neglecting inner-essence,the style of concurrently taking in Tang and Song Schools had begun to form the self-consciousness of comparison with SIMA Qian's Shi Ji as the reference,and with quintessence and distinctive character stressed most.This shift is an act of succeeding to the right tradition of classical prose and a product of basing prose on the Tang and Song Dynasties and getting to the root of the Qin and Han Dynasties.This idea both was an important methodology of research,but also formed the core content of the theory of classical prose writing on the basis of the theory of comparison emphasizing the literary tradition and imitation.