Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song

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The Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song were a celebrated group of Chinese writers from the Tang and Song dynasties renowned for their exemplary prose style and lasting influence on classical Chinese literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese cultural concept
literary group
associatedWith Confucian literary tradition
ancient Chinese examinations
canonization recognized as a group in later literary criticism
country China
culturalSignificance model for prose composition in later Chinese education
era medieval Chinese literature
fieldOfWork essay writing
historical prose
literature
political prose
genre prose
hasCharacteristic clarity of expression
elegant yet plain style
moral seriousness
hasInfluenced Chinese rhetorical style
later Chinese prose writers
hasLegacy benchmark for classical prose examinations and study
frequently anthologized in school textbooks in China
hasPart Han Yu NERFINISHED
Liu Zongyuan NERFINISHED
Ouyang Xiu NERFINISHED
Su Shi NERFINISHED
Su Xun NERFINISHED
Su Zhe NERFINISHED
Wang Anshi NERFINISHED
Zeng Gong NERFINISHED
influencedBy Confucian thought
classical pre-Qin prose models
language Classical Chinese
mainSubject classical Chinese prose
memberOf lists of famous Chinese writers
notableFor exemplary prose style
influence on classical Chinese literature
numberOfMembers 8
partOf Chinese literary canon
temporalLocation Song dynasty NERFINISHED
Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
traditionalChineseName 唐宋八大家 NERFINISHED
usedWritingSystem Chinese characters

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Su Shi memberOf Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song