已经衰落的台阁派在成化二三年连续发生了被合称为"翰林四谏"的政治事件,翰林修撰罗伦上疏阻止内阁首辅李贤夺情起复,编修章懋、黄仲昭和检讨庄昶三人上疏谏阻举行元宵灯节,并拒绝应制撰作节庆诗词,先后被贬官外任。这是一场由政治道德而波及文艺思想领域的斗争,深刻反映了当时社会价值观念的趋于活跃和独立认真思考的力量,即使是受帝国意识形态训育和在体制内的人物,也有可能打破思想界和文艺界的沉闷气氛。
A series of political affairs named with "the Four Members of the Imperial Academy" in other days had happened inside of the declined cabinet school between the second and the third year of Cheng Hua Empire.Luo Lun submitted a memorial to the throne to hold back the restoration of primer minister Li Xian in the period of the mourning for his died father.Zhang Mao,Huang Zhong-zhao and Zhuang Chang submitted together a memorial to the throne to prevent the festival of lanterns,and refused to writing apotheosis poems in the next year.And then these four officials of the Imperial Academy was demoted the less responsible positions outside of Beijing.This political collision spread to the fields of literature thoughts.This affair profoundly reflected the activity of social idea and the power of independent and serious thinking,even though these royal officials was likely to break up the oppress atmosphere of ideal world and literature world.