There were so many ancient novels, but why were there so few novels from the Zhou Dynasty?

2024-09-04 13:22

The reason why there were relatively few novels that traveled through the Later Zhou Dynasty was mainly because the period of the Later Zhou Dynasty in history was between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty. It was a relatively turbulent period. The famous "Shame of Jingkang" in history happened during this period. Moreover, the political situation in the Later Zhou Dynasty was more complicated and there were many uncertainties and risks. Secondly, the culture, economy, and politics of the Later Zhou Dynasty were also very different from modern society. The transmigrators had to face a series of adaptation difficulties, such as language barriers, social incomprehension, and system inadaptability. All of these required the transmigrator to have a certain degree of cultural accomplishment and adaptability, which was also a challenge for the creation of modern novels. Finally, the literature of the Later Zhou Dynasty was relatively few in number and inferior in quality to the works of other ancient times. Because the political situation in the Later Zhou Dynasty was more complicated, the literary works of this period often paid more attention to reflecting social reality and describing political events. These works also had certain difficulties for the creation of modern novels. To sum up, novels from the Later Zhou Dynasty were more difficult to create than those from other ancient times, and the number of novels was relatively small, so they were even rarer.