本书首次以唐代被史书或时人称作"大手笔"的作家为线索，着重考察颜师古、岑文本、李峤、崔融、张说、常衮、李吉甫、李德裕等九人的应用文写作成就及对唐代文坛的影响，检视"大手笔"作家与唐代文风、儒学的关系，并挖掘他们的文学史意义，探讨他们在后世的接受及文学声名消解的原因。( This book, for the first time, was considered in history book or by people of the time as a work that takes "great" writers of the Tang Dynasty as the clue, focuses on the practical writing achievement and influence on the literary world of the Tang Dynasty of nine writers, such as Yan Shigu, Cen Wenben, Li Qiao, Cui Rong, Zhang Shuo, Chang Gun, Li Jifu and Li Deyu, views the relationship between the "great" writers and the literary style and Confucianism of the Tang Dynasty, as well as explores their significance in literary history and discusses the fact that they were accepted by the later generations and the reasons why their literary reputation lost.)