Ancient Prose Movement

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Chinese literary movement literary movement prose reform movement

The Ancient Prose Movement was an influential literary reform trend in imperial China that championed clear, straightforward classical prose in opposition to the ornate, rigidly formal styles of its time.

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Label	Occurrences
Ancient Prose Movement canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese literary movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ prose reform movement ⓘ
aimedAt	clarity in prose ⓘ moral didacticism in writing ⓘ revival of ancient-style prose ⓘ straightforward expression ⓘ
associatedWith	Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	clear prose style ⓘ emphasis on content over form ⓘ simple diction ⓘ use of classical Chinese ⓘ
coreFigure	Han Yu NERFINISHED ⓘ Liu Zongyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
criticized	empty rhetorical ornamentation ⓘ rigid formalism in prose ⓘ
culturalContext	imperial examination culture ⓘ
field	Chinese literature ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
goal	align writing with moral purpose ⓘ restore ancient models of prose ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Han Yu NERFINISHED ⓘ Liu Zongyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ouyang Xiu NERFINISHED ⓘ Su Shi NERFINISHED ⓘ Wang Anshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeng Gong NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPhase	Song Ancient Prose Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang Ancient Prose Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideologicalBasis	Confucianism ⓘ
impact	reshaped standards of classical Chinese prose ⓘ
influenced	Song dynasty prose NERFINISHED ⓘ later Confucian scholarship ⓘ
influencedBy	classical prose of Han dynasty ⓘ classical prose of pre-Qin period ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ
mainLocation	imperial China ⓘ
opposedTo	ornate parallel prose style ⓘ pianwen ⓘ
promotedGenre	essays ⓘ philosophical prose ⓘ political memorials ⓘ
relatedConcept	ancient-style prose ⓘ guwen ⓘ
startTime	Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Subject: Ancient Prose Movement
Description of subject: The Ancient Prose Movement was an influential literary reform trend in imperial China that championed clear, straightforward classical prose in opposition to the ornate, rigidly formal styles of its time.

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Ouyang Xiu → movement → Ancient Prose Movement ⓘ