In the Song and Ming dynasties, the word "complex" referred to Confucianism while the word "simple" referred to Taoism. Confucianism was the main school of Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties. It emphasized the core values of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith" and achieved the sublimation of human relations through self-cultivation, family management, and governance. On the other hand, Taoism emphasized "governing by doing nothing" and "following nature". It advocated the pursuit of inner cultivation and spiritual sublimation to achieve a free life.
The Northern Dynasty referred to the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, and Northern Zhou Dynasties.
The Southern Dynasty referred to the four dynasties of Liu Song, Southern Qi, Southern Liang, and Southern Chen.
The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties referred to the Cao Wei, Western Jin, Eastern Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties referred to the Wei, Western Jin, Eastern Jin, Southern Song, Southern Qi, Southern Liang, Southern Chen, Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, and Northern Zhou Dynasties.
The order of the four dynasties that the Southern Dynasty referred to was Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen.
The Northern Dynasty referred to the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, and Northern Zhou Dynasties.
The Southern Dynasty referred to the four dynasties of Liu Song, Southern Qi, Southern Liang, and Southern Chen.
The Southern Dynasty referred to the four dynasties of Liu Song, Southern Qi, Southern Liang, and Southern Chen.
The Southern Dynasty referred to the four dynasties of Liu Song, Southern Qi, Southern Liang, and Southern Chen.
In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, a "story book" referred to a literary work that was passed down in oral form. It was usually composed of folktales, legends, jokes, etc. After oral praise, it gradually developed into a complete literary work. Huaben first appeared in the Song Dynasty and was known as "Rap and Singing Literature". As time passed, it gradually developed into one of the literary forms of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The characteristics of Huaben were vivid language, twists and turns in the plot, and rich characters. They were often accompanied by music, dance and other artistic forms, which became an important part of Chinese traditional culture. There were many ways to classify Huaben. According to the plot and structure of the story, they could be divided into long narrative poems, short stories, legendary novels, and other different types. Among them, long narrative poems usually used historical events, myths, legends, folklore, etc. as the subject matter to structure the grand plot ups and downs; short novels usually used stories and jokes from daily life as the subject matter and the language was concise and clear; legendary novels used historical events and historical figures as the background with mythical colors.