Comprehensive Expression of Comments on Poetry and Prose in the Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty is the period of comprehensive expression of comments on poetry and prose since there are a large number of comments on poetry,Ci,novels,and dramas.In the aspect of poetry theory,many scholars' thoughts and works possess the feature of summary,comprehensiveness and systematization,among which Ye Xie is the best representative.His Exploring Poetry is one of the most systematical theoretical works on poetry.The representative of commenting on novels is Jin Shengtan,whose achievements are the following.One,he particularly distinguishes recording and making up in narration.The other is that his wonderful comments on characters and roles not only summarize but also surpass the formers.Li Yu leads the comments on dramas and his Xianqing Ouji has a far-reaching influence on dramas.