明初的政治思想以及由此而形成的士大夫对于"道"的追求和坚持，对整个明代政治文化的形成和在这种政治文化背景下的文学观念产生了重大的影响。本书以元末明初黄溍-宋濂-方孝孺的学术师承为主线，探讨政治文化与这种政治文化背景下而出现的"任道"、"趋道"文学观念。 ( Political ideas and scholar-officials' pursuit and insistence of "Taoism" based on it during the early Ming Dynasty have significant influence on the formation of the political culture in the whole Ming Dynasty and literary ideas based on such a background of political culture. This book's main line is that Fang Xiaoru learnt from Song Lian and Song Lian learnt from Huang Jin during the later Yuan and early Ming, and studies political culture and the literary idea of "adopting doctrines" and "pursuing doctrines" arising from such a background of political culture.)