Wu Cheng'en was smart since he was a child, and he liked to read wild stories and strange novels.
In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing (1550), he was born at the age of 40. He went to Beijing to wait for an official position, but he was not selected. In his later years, he made a living by selling literature. He went to Hangzhou at the age of 67 and lived for about 82 years. The scenery at night is gloomy.
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Wu Cheng'en was contemporary with the seven sons around the Ming Dynasty, and his literary thoughts were similar to theirs. "You Zhong said that since the Six Classics, only the Han and Wei Dynasties have been ancient, and since the three hundred poems, only the Tang people have been ancient; Xie Chaohua, a modern scholar, did not know how to accumulate more knowledge, and it was difficult to write poetry if he expressed his words without knowing how to wash them. " "This theory is much more than he and Li Tongda, so his poems are more from the heart. Zhu Yizun? Forty-eight in a comprehensive poem of the Ming Dynasty refers to his poem,' Get rid of your habits and lose your horse for a while'. Wu Cheng'en's poems are full of romanticism, which is called the legacy of He You 'an by Chen. Wu Cheng'en's insight is extraordinary. He not only saw the shortcomings of the literary world at that time, but also jumped out of the circle of retro-ism and was unique, emphasizing "Xie Chaohua", "accumulating knowledge", "making a statement" and "washing hands elegantly". In poetry and prose creation, "the rate is from the chest, not from the color, Xu Shu is not forced, not from the embarrassment of the string, and the human feelings are tangible, that is, before the eyes and ears, without having to change", "the teacher is sincere and does not stick to the pattern to catch the reputation of the moment". This transcends the first and last seven scholars and is unique in the literary world.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Cheng'en