Ye Xie’s On the Origine of Poetry Exploring the Principles of Poetry
摘要
The three major scholars in the early Qing Dynasty seriously and urgently criticized the deficiencies of poetry and prose in the Ming Dynasty with justice. However, there was not much change in the realm of literature, which was still under the control of fashion of imitation. In Inscription on Poetry Collection of Huai Lu Tang, Qian Qianyi said: