Literary Classics in Liao, Jin, Western Xia, and Other Ethic Areas

While the literature in the Song Dynasty was developing, literary achievements were made in the Liao, Jin, and Western Xia dynasties. They not only absorbed nutrients from the Han literature but also embraced the unique simplicity and robustness of the nomadic peoples in the north. The literary creation in the Jin Dynasty was particularly prosperous, and there were great masters like Yuan Haowen, who excelled at poetry, ci, and prose and made great contributions to literary criticism.