The literary schools of Hongzhi and Zheng De in Ming Dynasty (1488- 152 1). Its members include, He Jingming, Bian Gong, Kang Hai and Wang, among which, He Jingming is the representative, which was first seen in Biography of Li Mengyang in Ming Dynasty. In order to distinguish the seven sons, such as Li Panlong and Wang Shizhen, who appeared after Jiajing and Qin Long, the world called them "the first seven sons". These seven scholars are all scholars, full of moral integrity. They are dissatisfied with the corruption in the political affairs of the DPRK, and their morale is low. They strongly oppose the "relaxation and overlapping" habit of popular Taggart poems and eight-part essays.
His literary thought was summarized by later generations as vigorously advocating "literature must be in Qin and Han Dynasties, and poetry must flourish in Tang Dynasty", aiming at pointing out a new way to save the flagging poetic style for poetry creation. They all have a strong historical mission to change their writing style, but they have embarked on an old road of restoring ancient ways to innovation.
After the rise of the first seven poets in the literary world, their retro thoughts quickly swept the world, became the mainstream of literary thoughts, and set off a retro literary movement, which had certain progressive significance in the literary history of the Ming Dynasty. However, some of their specific literary views are different, and their creations have their own characteristics. Li Mengyang insisted on "deliberately imitating the past" in the retro simulation, which forced him to imitate his predecessors.
Poetry emphasizes boldness of vision and pursues a bold and unconstrained style. He Jingming's thought is more flexible. He advocates "understanding the expression" and "not imitating the traces" of ancient works in order to achieve the purpose of "building a raft on the shore". Poetry emphasizes talent and emotion, and tends to be fresh all the way. His poetic theory is incisive and original, and his poetic style has changed obviously with Li and He.
The main achievements of Kang Hai and Wang are Sanqu and Zaju, and their poems are straightforward. Bian Gong and Wang Tingxiang's short poems are fresh and lively, but their overall achievements are inferior. The literary thoughts and creative practices of the first seven scholars have practical significance, but due to the over-emphasis on retro and the lack of literary creativity, some of them even become "the shadows of the ancients who are too high to be cold, and the low ones fall into the mouth of the present", which brings new abuses to the literary world.