在中国古代，明朝嘉靖时期无论从政治还是文学方面，向来都是一个受到关注的历史时期，而严嵩又以这一时期著名权奸的身份为人所熟知。以往学界有关嘉靖时期的政治和文学的研究成果蔚为大观，但多集中于嘉靖前期的“大礼议”事件以及“前后七子”、“唐宋派”等文学群体的文学写作。对严嵩掌权的嘉靖中后期以及在当时的历史舞台上扮演着更为重要的角色的政治人物的政治书写问题，却研究的并不充分。本文尝试以严嵩掌权时期为时间坐标，以严嵩为中心的中央文官群体为书写主体，以其政治书写为主要研究对象，对嘉靖中后期的政治书写问题进行全面考察，探讨在具备强大政治能力的权臣掌权的历史条件下，当时文官群体是如何进行政治书写的。

首先就严嵩掌权时期的整体政治局面和时代文风进行背景式的介绍，揭示出嘉靖时期特殊的政治环境和皇权统治状况。其次从书写主体的角度，分别探讨了严嵩本人及中央文官群体的政治书写。从书写内容的选择与政治书写的策略的角度，勾画出位极人臣的严嵩处于政治权力中心的二十年间是如何以政治书写为载体，实现其政治目的。围绕在严嵩周围的其他内阁阁臣和在当时扮演着重要政治角色的言官群体的政治书写，从侧面建构起了当时的政治生态与权力分配的状况。而不同政治立场分隔之下的散文政治书写，则体现出了不同政治党派的结构过程和官员的政治选择。

最后，在以不同职责和立场的政治人物为政治书写的主体之外，又从这二十年间截取了两件格外重要和典型的政治事件，即议复河套事件和抗倭中的张经事件为书写对象，通过追踪和再现其发生和发展全过程中所包含的政治书写，以一种较为动态的方式串联出政治书写在政治事件中的角色和作用。

本文以政治与文学的关系为底层逻辑，又部分地突破了传统古代文学“纯文学”研究的藩篱，以中国古代政治运行中的重要文体奏疏、奏议、表、书信等为政治书写的研究对象，力图以人和事为经纬，全面立体地勾勒出严嵩掌权时期散文的政治书写概况.

In ancient China, the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty has always been a historical era of considerable attention, both politically and literarily. Yan Song, well-known for his infamous role as a corrupt official, is particularly associated with this period. While the academic community has produced extensive research on the politics and literature of the Jiajing era, much of it has focused on the early Jiajing period, including the "Rites Controversy," the literary groups such as the "Seven Masters of the Querulous Bamboo," and the "Tang-Song School." However, there is a lack of comprehensive study on the political writings during the later stages of Yan Song's dominance in the mid-to-late Jiajing period. Moreover, the political writings of other significant political figures during this time have not been thoroughly explored. This article attempts to fill this gap by using Yan Song's period of influence as a temporal reference point. It focuses on the central civil officials led by Yan Song as the main writing subjects, with an emphasis on their political writings during this period. The aim is to comprehensively investigate the political writing issues in the later stages of the Jiajing era when Yan Song held power. The study delves into how the civil officials of that time engaged in political writing under the influence of a powerful political figure and examines the historical conditions of powerful courtiers wielding political authority.

Firstly, an overview of the overall political situation and the cultural atmosphere during the reign of Yan Song is presented, revealing the unique political environment and imperial authority of the Jiajing period. Secondly, from the perspective of the writing subjects, the political writings of Yan Song himself and the central civil officials are discussed separately. Analyzing the choice of writing content and the strategies of political writing, it outlines how Yan Song, positioned as an extremely powerful minister, utilized political writing as a medium to achieve his political goals during the two decades at the center of political power. The political writings surrounding Yan Song, including other cabinet ministers and the censorate officials playing important political roles at that time, indirectly construct the political ecology and power distribution of the period. Furthermore, prose political writings from different political stances reflect the structural processes of different political factions and the political choices of officials.

Finally, beyond the political figures with different responsibilities and positions as the main subjects of political writing, two particularly important and typical political events from the past twenty years, namely the Hebei River Reclamation and the Zhang Jing incident during the anti-Japanese war, are selected as the objects of writing. By tracking and re-presenting the entire process of their occurrence and development, this article dynamically connects the roles and functions of political writing in political events.

Taking the relationship between politics and literature as the underlying logic, this article partially breaks through the traditional research boundaries of "pure literature" in ancient literature studies. It focuses on the study of important literary forms in the political operation of ancient China, such as memorials, petitions, proclamations, letters, etc., as objects of political writing. The aim is to depict the political writing panorama of prose during the period of Yan Song's dominance, using people and events as coordinates and presenting a comprehensive and three-dimensional portrayal of political writing in the operation of ancient Chinese politics.