文心雕龍 by Xie Liu

"文心雕龍" by Xie Liu is a work on Chinese literary aesthetics composed in the 5th century. Written in fifty chapters based on principles from the I Ching, this text presents a complete and internally consistent account of literature. Liu Xie argues that affections are the medium of literature while language is merely the product. The work engages with and challenges earlier literary theory, particularly Lu Ji's 3rd-century "On Literature." (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Liu, Xie, 465?-522?
Editor Li, Jen-shing
Editor Luo, Li-chian
Title 文心雕龍
Alternate Title Wen xin diao long
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Literary_Mind_and_the_Carving_of_Dragons
Language Chinese
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject Chinese literature -- History and criticism
Category Text
eBook-No. 23822
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Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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