Rooting in cabinet political foundation and lixue academic basis,cabinet-style literature in Ming Dynasty has three mutually related characteristics: politicization in literary tradition,non-literature in literary concept,monopoly and cabinet style in literary writing.

In the later Yuan and early Ming Dynasty, the development of literature had experienced a dynamic process of change from formation of Fany Xiaoru s literary thought to his being a important figure in literary arena following Song Lian and Liu Ji, also to formation of the cabinet style following him.

So we try to sort out all the research achievements on it and the concrete problems which await further discussion and study in the domestic academic circles from six aspects since the 20th Century, we hope the article can be a new starting station for further research on the officialese style of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Fu-zhi s Poetry Criticism on the Classicist School of the Ming Dynasty;

The officialese style, a style of courtier writers, was developed by profession, whereas the Chaling school refered to those scholars influenced and promoted by Li Dongyang and the classicist school, meaning those writers advocating restoring the classic style in poetry writing, was defined by opinion about literature.