Concealing of "Reason"and Revealing of "Emotion"--On the Positive Historical Significance of Romanticism in Late Ming Dynasty

The confucian literary concept,centered in Chinese mainstream traditional literature theory, advocatesreason controls emotion. This mainstream concept switched to a wrong direction of reason destroys emotionin its adoption, development and changing. The pro-emotion trend in Late Ming Dynasty growing in the conflict with the traditional confucianism and ancient-modeling, tries to shake off the trammels of the feudal ethical and develop its personalities freely.It emphasizes natureand innocence, advocates true emotionand deep emotion,brings vitality to the literary world in Late Ming Dynasty. It is a forceful rectification of the traditional literary concept.We should pay attention to and comment on it.