In the mid-Ming Dynasty, there was a retro movement of the first seven scholars in the literary world, which played a certain role in sweeping away the style of Taige style. However, in Jiajing period, blind respect for the past has become a tendency. Wang, Mao Kun, and others rose up and advocated the ancient prose of Tang and Song Dynasties, which was called the Tang and Song School, and its leader was Gui Youguang. At that time, Wang Shizhen was a master of literature, and his momentum was impressive. Gui Youguang denounced: The so-called literati who built this world are full of words. Before the beginning, it was the learning of the ancients, but if one or two fools were giants, they would try their best to offset their predecessors. As for the famous artists in Song and Yuan Dynasties, their strength can be traced back to thousands of years, but the world is shocked by ephemera, which is sad (Preface to the Collected Works of Xiang Siyao). On poetic theory, he also criticized the tendency of retro, saying: This life is just chasing chapters and sentences, imitating plagiarism, being obscene and flashy, but I don't know what it is. On the contrary, he believes that, frankly speaking, there are many folk songs, they care about the times, and they care about the country and the people. What is a gentleman is not abolished ("Preface to Mr. Shen Cigu's Poems"). His basic point of view is that although the articles in Qin and Han Dynasties represented by Historical Records are good, the famous articles in Tang and Song Dynasties are not bad. The first and last seven scholars flaunted that articles must be in Qin and Han dynasties and poetry must flourish in Tang dynasty, but in fact they went astray. He advocated changing Qin and Han Dynasties into Ou Zeng, and the article should be written sincerely ... he didn't particularly want to paint seaweed as an article. □□ However, the beauty of the scenery is only dazzling in the world ("Answer to Yu Zhifu"). At that time, after listening to his criticism of his stupidity, Wang Shizhen said: If you are stupid, you will not dare to listen to your destiny. But in his later years, Wang Shizhen also felt that he was over-sculpted and not as natural as Gui Youguang. "Preface to Praise for the Too Servant" says: Mr. Wang's ancient prose has its own flavor ... without carving, and he is detached from famous scholars. Others compared Gui Youguang with Ouyang Xiu and praised him as the first essayist in Ming Dynasty. Until the Qing dynasty. Fang Bao, Yao Nai and others also praised Gui Youguang.