Classical novels like to "take poetry as evidence" because China is a big country in poetry, and poetry is undoubtedly the first style in ancient China, and the status and prestige of poets are the highest among all writers.

It is more credible to use a poem as evidence, rather than being invented by the author, which is equivalent to writing a thesis by a doctoral professor now. Every case and even every sentence will come and go.

The Generation and Evolution of Popular Novel "Taking Poetry as Evidence"

The formation of China's popular novels is deeply influenced by the two traditions of "historical biography" and "poetic Sao".

Specifically, poetry is introduced into narrative works, absorbed, used for reference and developed by popular novels, and gradually formed a procedure of "poetry as evidence" which is quite different from western novels, becoming the most remarkable performance feature of China's popular novels and the remarkable phenomenon of China's ancient literary works.

The above contents refer to hunan normal university library-the generation and evolution of the popular novel Taking Poetry as Evidence.