宗臣是明代“后七子”的重要成员,其文学创作及品格政绩均有相当成就,但一直不为历代研究者所重视。本文试图通过考察宗臣一生的行迹,大致将其文学创作分为青年时期的读书生活、中进士进京做官、谢病辞官乡居、回京述职、被贬福建等几个重要阶段,予以简要述评,以期探讨其在复古运动乃至整个时代文学中的地位、作用及影响。 Zong Chen is an important member of the “latter seven sons” of the Ming Dynasty. Both his literary creation and character achievement have achieved considerable success. However, it has not been paid much attention to by ancient researchers. This article attempts to study the life of Zong Chen by observing his literary works, roughly dividing his literary creation into several important stages such as reading life in youth, scholar of Jinshi going to Beijing, gratitude for resignation, return to Beijing, degeneration of Fujian, A brief commentary is made to explore its position, function and influence in the literature of the retro-movement and even throughout the times.