On the Standardization of Poetry Writing in the Tang Dynasty

Abstract

Researchers disagree on the values and status of literary criticism in the Tang dynasty. Therefore, there have been demands this issue to be explored in greater depth and comprehensively analyzed. Poetics in the Tang dynasty was characterized by a process of “standardization” that witnessed a change in focus from “what to write” to “how to write”.

Key words： the Tang dynasty; the standardization of poetry writing; shige, what to write; how to write