How to evaluate Zhang Dai?

Zhang, also known as Cheng, was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, and was also known as Zongzi, Shigong,No. and Tian Sun,No. Diean Jushi,No. Jushi Late. Zhang Dai was a famous writer, essayist and historian during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He is knowledgeable, good at poetry and writing, and proficient in opera, music, calligraphy, painting, seal cutting and gardens.

Zhang Dai was born in a famous family. Gaozu Tianfu, the official deputy to the governor of Yunnan, Gansu Taifuqing. Great-grandfather Bird Juice, the first scholar in Qin Long in five years, was an official in imperial academy, and Zhan Shifu was left in Germany. Grandfather Zhang Rulin, a scholar in the twenty-third year of Wanli, went to Guangxi to participate in the Senate. Father Zhang, born in the vice list, is Lu Fan's long history. In addition to occupying a high position, Zhang Dai's ancestors were also well-read and proficient in history, Confucian classics, neo-Confucianism, literature, primary schools and geography. Zhang Daijia is also a home of literature and art, and generations of grandparents and grandchildren are good at writing.

Zhang Dai's literary achievement is the result of many factors. Besides the good family tradition, some famous literary places and extensive friends at that time also had a great influence on Zhang Dai.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism had a great influence on literature. In order to resist the influence of Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism on literature, some scholars started the literary retro movement, which can be said that the early literary retro movement promoted the development of literature. However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the trend of personality liberation gradually emerged, and the influence of Neo-Confucianism on literature was weak. However, some scholars still insist on the idea of retro. At this time, literary retro has become a barrier to the development of literature, and Xu Wei is a representative figure who stands in a brand-new position and refuses the retro trend. Xu Wei has direct contact with Zhang Dai's great-grandfather, great-grandfather and great-grandfather.

Zhang Dai also made friends with many excellent people. In addition to the first-class literati and scholars, there are more artists who are unknown and stunted, which can be described as varied and varied. Zhang Dai broadened his horizons from them, learned about all social strata and became familiar with various folk skills. It is the close contact with people from all walks of life that gives Zhang Dai the opportunity to understand the lower classes, their secular enjoyment and hard life, which increases the humanistic atmosphere in Zhang Dai's sketches and makes the characters in his works lifelike.