1. The two-way interaction between literature and Confucian classics in Han Dynasty makes some works have the characteristics of both literature and Confucian classics. For example, many historical legends and stories in Han Shu Shi Zhuan are full of literary color. Lin Yi, which originated from Zhouyi, takes the form of four-character poems, including many poems. Yang Xiong's Fa Yan is a copy of The Analects of Confucius, which is unique among the argumentative essays in the Han Dynasty.
2. On the whole, both literature and Confucian classics in Han Dynasty experienced the development process from complexity to simplicity. Let's talk about literature and ci fu: from the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the big fu declined and the small fu rose; Historical biography literature: Compared with Historical Records, Hanshu has deleted many wonderful and detailed narratives and descriptions, and its length has been greatly reduced.
3. Literary style: The short and pithy five-character poem changed from a vassal to a "great country" and finally replaced the position of Ci and Fu. Looking at Confucian classics again, in order to facilitate teaching, from the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucian classics began to be simplified, and the text of Confucian classics was greatly simplified, changing the cumbersome style of the past.
4. The Han Dynasty inherited Confucian classics, and the former Han Dynasty emphasized learning from the law and the later Han Dynasty emphasized learning from the teacher. The inertia caused by this teaching method also affected literature, so the literature of Han Dynasty emphasized imitation and lacked creativity. Many scholars imitate not only the works of the previous generation, but also each other.
The value and function of literature;
Aesthetic function of literature: the aesthetic function of literature refers to the function of literature to communicate the aesthetic feeling and emotional needs of subject and object in literary activities, so that people can gain spiritual transcendence over reality, realize aesthetic ideals and promote the free and all-round development of personality and talents.
The aesthetic function of literature is determined by the aesthetic essence of literature. As a language art, literature mainly exists and develops to meet people's aesthetic needs. Therefore, fundamentally speaking, aesthetics is the most basic function of literature. Literary works can meet people's aesthetic needs because it is the product of the author's processing and transformation of materials from real life according to certain aesthetic ideals and laws of beauty.