The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons
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The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons is China
's first work of aesthetics
and also the first systematic work of literary criticism
from that country. Dating from the 5th century, its author, Liu Xie
, composed the work in fifty chapters (篇) according to the principles of numerology and divination found in the Book of Changes or I Ching
.
China
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's first work of aesthetics
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
and also the first systematic work of literary criticism
Literary criticism
Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...
from that country. Dating from the 5th century, its author, Liu Xie
Liu Xie
Liu Xie , courtesy name Yanhe , was a Chinese writer. He was the author of China's greatest work of literary aesthetics, The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons 《文心雕龍》. His biography is included in the Liangshu....
, composed the work in fifty chapters (篇) according to the principles of numerology and divination found in the Book of Changes or I Ching
I Ching
The I Ching or "Yì Jīng" , also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts...
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Translations
- Liu, Xie The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons. Shih, Vincent Yu-chung trans., Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1983.
- Liu, Xie. Dragon-Carving and the Literary Mind. Translated into English by Yang Guobin. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2003.
Literature
- A Chinese literary mind: culture, creativity and rhetoric in Wenxin Diaolong, 2001 (Zong-qi Cai, ed.).
External links
- http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23822 - Full text (traditional/UTF-8) from Project GutenbergProject GutenbergProject Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". Founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books...
- 《文心雕龍》. - Chinese text in GB/Simplified characters from the website "Sinology," (國學).