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"Wen Xin Diao Long" is a literary theory monograph written by Liu Xie (xié), a literary theorist of the Southern Dynasties, with a rigorous structure and detailed exposition. Years.

"Wen Xin Diao Long" is a literary theory monograph written by Liu Xie (xié), a literary theorist from the Southern Dynasties, with a rigorous structure and detailed exposition. It was written in 501～502 AD (Southern Dynasty Qihe Emperor Zhongxing Yuan, 2 Years. It is the first literary theory monograph in the history of Chinese literary theory and criticism that has a strict system and is "large and considerate" (Zhang Xuecheng's "Wenshitongyi·Shihua Pian"). Liu Xie's "Wen Xin Diao Long" is named after Huang Lao Taoist Huan Yuan's book "Qin". The interpretation of the "Preface" says: "The words of the husband's literary heart are the words of the literary heart. Xi Juanzi (Huanyuan) "Qin Xin", Wang Sun Qiaoxin, the heart is beautiful, so I use it."

The book consists of 10 volumes and 50 articles (the original is divided into upper and lower parts, each with 25 articles). It is based on Confucian aesthetics and adopts Taoism. It believes that Tao is the source of literature, sages are models for literati, and "Scriptures" are articles. model. The formation of the writer's creative personality is attributed to four aspects: "talent", "qi", "learning" and "exercise".

"Wen Xin Diao Long" also systematically discussed the relationship between the form and content of literature, inheritance and innovation, and in the process of exploring and researching the concept of literary creation, it emphasized the basic characteristics of the specific image of artistic thinking activities, and preliminary Put forward the problem of thinking in images in artistic creation; have a more conscious understanding of the artistic nature and characteristics of literature, and set a precedent for the study of thinking in images in literature. It comprehensively summarizes the aesthetic achievements before the Qi-Liang era, and meticulously explores and discusses the aesthetic nature of language and literature and the aesthetic laws of creation and appreciation.