发韧于“五四”时期的中国现代散文包涵了三大传统——“审美”的抒情,“审丑”的幽默,“审智”的思索。根据周作人的研究,其渊源主要是中国的明人小品和英国的幽默散文。然而,在五十年代以后的中国现代散文史上,这三大传统发生了分裂,散文一味浪漫,滥于抒情,没有现代性的突破。“从某种意义上讲,余秋雨生逢其时,他在中国当代散文陷于抒情审美,落伍于诗歌、小说、戏剧的审智 The Chinese modern essays focusing on the ”May Fourth“ period embody the three major traditions - ”aesthetic“ lyricism, ”ugly“ humor, and ”intellectual" thinking. According to Zhou Zuoren’s research, its origins are mainly Chinese sketch and British humor prose. However, in the history of modern Chinese prose after the 1950s, the three traditions split off. The essay blindly roams, overflowing with lyricism, and there is no breakthrough in modernity. In a certain sense, Yu Qiuyu was born at a time when he was trapped in lyricism and aesthetics of contemporary Chinese prose, leaving behind the wisdom of poetry, novels and drama