The works of this period have a wide range of contents and diverse styles, and generally have the following characteristics: First, they expose and criticize the darkness of society and the violent greed of officialdom. The middle and late Ming Dynasty was dominated by eunuchs and ministers. Many plays reveal the crimes and harms of eunuchs through historical themes. For example, The Story of Huansha, based on the dispute between Wu and Yue, focuses on criticizing Fu Cha, the king of Wu, for listening to slanders, refusing to accept advice, and taking bribes and perverting the law to influence the emperor's incompetence. Similar themes include The Purple Hairpin, Zhongjing, The Tale of Two Heroes, The Tale of the Crane, etc. At the same time, a number of current affairs dramas such as Feng Mingji appeared, which exposed Yan Song's ugly misdeeds, humiliated the country and harmed the people, and enthusiastically praised Xia Yan, Li, and other patriotic and counter-violent honest officials. This kind of current affairs drama, such as Mo Zhong Ji, Iceberg Ji, Tian Hui Ji, Guang Gui Shu, Qin Gong Jing, etc. , has become a powerful mainstream in legendary creation. However, such works often focus on the struggle between loyal and treacherous officials, pinning all their sympathy and hopes on honest officials, and can't get rid of the illusion that the emperor is a prescription for governing the world. In addition, in response to the invasion of foreign countries such as the Japanese invaders in the Ming Dynasty, a number of plays with patriotism as their content also appeared one after another, such as The Book of Loyalty and the Tale of Two Heroes, etc., with historical figures such as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu as their themes, praising heroes who defended national integrity and went through fire and water for the country and the nation, and propagating patriotic ideas. Second, advocate personality liberation and criticize feudal ethics. Economically, the germination of capitalism promoted the emancipation of the mind, while romanticism flooded in the field of literature and art. A number of works such as Incense Burning, Brocade, Hairpin Phoenix and Hongmei came out one after another, reflecting the personality requirements and declaring war on feudal ethics. While criticizing the feudal forces represented by powerful people, immortals and parents, they praised the rebellious spirit of betraying tradition. In particular, Tang Xianzu's masterpiece Peony Pavilion (1550 ~ 16 16, whose meaning is still the same, and whose name is like a stone, is from Linchuan, Jiangxi Province) praises the true feelings of the world by romantic means through Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei's passionate pursuit of free love, resists rationality by emotion, and points to feudal ethics with its uncompromising spirit. Of course, during this period, there were also some works promoting feudal morality, religious superstition and passive seclusion. Among them, the story of Manglietia amurensis saving her mother and persuading goodness, although it mainly preaches superstition, is complex in content, and some paragraphs contain some ideals and demands of the people.