Prose is a branch of prose and a variant of argumentative writing, which is both argumentative and lyrical. They are usually short in length and varied in form. Writers often use various rhetorical devices to convey their views and emotions in twists and turns, and the language is smart, gentle and ironic. This is a popular style in a society where words are forbidden.

Characteristics of essays: strong militancy and reality; The writing is vivid and pungent; The language is easy to understand; This form is short and pithy.

Representative works include Lu Xun's Tomb, Hot Wind and Gai Hua Collection.

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The first essay in the history of China was Liu Xie, a literary theorist in the Southern Dynasties. He wrote a chapter "Essays" in Wen Xin Diao Long. On the one hand, he summed up his previous prose creation and summarized it as "prose".

On the other hand, there have been three kinds of essays since Qin and Han Dynasties, among which Song Yu's Answer to the King of Chu, Mei Cheng's Seven Hair and Yang Xiong's Julian are the earliest representative works. But in fact, as early as the rise of pre-Qin prose, essays have also appeared. Qin Baijia's articles are actually essays.

Later, the essay had a new development. Han Yu's essays in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Zongyuan's essays on tung leaves, Pi Rixiu's essays in the late Tang Dynasty, Lu Guimeng's essays on Luo Yin's essays, and Liu Ji's Poems on Orange Juice in the Ming Dynasty are all famous masterpieces. Essays not only have the earliest origin, but also have a high status from the beginning.

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