On Liu Xie's Concept of Literary Quality from the Perspective of the Contradiction and Self-Consistency in the Theory of"Sentiment in Language"
"Sentiment in language"is originally a summary of the vigorous,upright and unyielding style of articles,and is a high-level commentary in traditional Chinese literary theory.In Liu Xie's article,Sentiment in Language,"sentiment"and"language"are described separately from each other.The"language"belongs to something outside and the"sentiment"belongs to something inside,which is the exact opposite of the"sentiment"emphasized by the Han and Wei dynasties.The"language"refers to words,and the"language"refers to emotions.Actually,the concepts of literature and quality have already been included here.Liu Xie contrasts"sentiment in language"with literary talent,believing that"sentiment in language"should be combined with literary talent in order to present exquisite and fluent aesthetic prose?In fact,this is precisely where the contradiction and self-consistency of Liu Xie's theory of"sentiment in language"lies in.Through this phenomenon,we can see that what he advocates is the concept of"quality before literature".Liu Xie's tendency to be a master of scriptures and sages made him pay more attention to the principles contained in his articles.However,in the era of the Six Dynasties,when he advocates the magnificent style of writing,his outlook on literary and quality is inevitably influenced by the environment of the times,so it was inevitable to emphasize the importance of literature.
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