What is the role of the tradition of attaching importance to the value of literature itself in the history of contemporary literature in China?

For China literature, the tradition of attaching importance to literature's own value strongly supports writers to express their rational views on society and pursue literary authenticity by various artistic techniques. It is this tradition that many writers, after being unjustly deprived of their right to write, still hold passionate love for literature and create many truly valuable literary works in secret.