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What are the characteristics of China's classical literature?

China's classical literature is characterized by:

1, political characteristics, China literature has a tradition of caring about politics, while ancient literature pays special attention to the relationship between literature and the times, politics and religion, emphasizing the perfect unity of politics and art.

2. The characteristics of supplementary history. In the classical period, the author's birth, development, ideal and political experience can be known from the works of literati. Therefore, classical literature is a supplement to the background of the times.

3. Regional characteristics. Classical literature has regional characteristics.

4. Philosophical features: the beauty of reason and interest is the highest realm of classical literature, which stems from the author's overall perception of things outside the world and his philosophical thinking about the meaning of life.

5. Educational characteristics: China classical literature praises light and justice, criticizes darkness and decay, and contains educational tendency.

6. Emotional characteristics: China classical literati often express their feelings through literature.

7. Moral characteristics, ethics and realistic politics are the two core concerns of China culture, and China culture presents moral characteristics.

8, religious characteristics, Buddhism, Taoism on the writer's thinking and creation can not be ignored.

9. Characteristics of ambition. Classical strange poems are represented by metaphysical poems and fairy poems in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

10, aesthetic characteristics, and aesthetic characteristics of literature have always been concerned by people.