A Research on Royal Secretaries' Style of Writing during Hongwu in Ming Dynasty

Since its first Emperor MingTaizu, Ming Dynasty had been reinforcing Confucianism and made it important in political life, social life etc. Confucianism had a restriction on Royal Secretaries' style of writing. Generally, the compositive men of Royal Secretaries who had been conscribed were Confucians of lat Yuan Dynasty. Only in middle Hongwu period had Ming Dynasty cultivated its Royal Secretaries. In conclusion, the organizing of Royal Secretaries and the achievements of its writers had provided some conditions for the shaping of Taigeti Style.