班固与东汉大赋的再兴与衰败

汉大赋的创作自司马相如、扬雄后,虽赋家众多,但未有大手笔出现。至东汉班固作《两都赋》等,以其题材的开拓、手法的变化,再造汉大賦一时之盛。在理论上和创作实践上,班固以正统的思想指导、实践着自己的讽谏观,以新的认识解决了令扬雄烦恼不已的讽谏问题;他对汉赋创作中的模拟之风并不否定;他在前汉赋家着力甚少的地理、历史等方面开拓了新的题材,为汉大赋体制篇幅的增长打开了新的空间。但由于时代、社会、人文思想的发展变化与文学自身发展的需求等原因,自班固后．汉大赋的兴盛局面难以为继,开始走向衰败。

Ban Gu and Revival and Decline of Great Ode in Eastern Han Dynasty

There was many writers of Great Han Ode after Sima Xiangru and Yang Xiong, but none of them produced any works of great influence. Ban Gu in Eastern Han Dynasty brought it to the summit by producing "An Ode to Two Capilals" with exploitation of the theme and various approaches. However,changes and development of time,society,humanistic ideas and requirement of literature make the prosperous situation impossible. After Ban Gu,Great Han Ode began to decline.