Liu Xie in the chapter Zhi Yin of Wen Xin Diao Long proposes a theoretical model for the ideal literary appreciation.This model is composed of the following three parts:First,the two essential elements for an ideal appreciator are the accumulation of extensive perceptual experience in literary appreciation and an objective,rational attitude towards the work.Second,there is a comprehensive system of appreciation composed of the"Six Views."These"Six Views"are actually composed of the first four views-position,placement,transformation,and Qi or Zheng,with the last two views belonging to"placement",and are fundamentally based on the elements,genre,and context of the literary work itself.Finally,the literary appreciation theory—"wearing the text to enter the emotion"—is constituted by a psychological regression to the literary creation—"emotion stirs and words emerge".Liu Xie's confident view of literary appreciation is actually based on Confucian confidence in human linguistic symbols.Liu Xie's model of literary appreciation is essentially a professional and elitist model of appreciation,a product of the professionalization and elitization of Chinese ancient literature in the creative process during the Wei and Jin dynasties.Liu Xie,holding an elitist stance,regards this model as the only pattern for literary appreciation.However,the coexistence of elegance and vulgarity,rather than vulgarity replaced by elegance,is a reasonable pattern of literary appreciation.
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