Reference to literary classics category is necessary for the development of creative writing theory and thus"category interpretation"is a key approach.As the first part of Liu Xie's Wenxin Diaolong,"Shen Si"has a great influence on traditional literary conception and imagination.Based on the method of"category interpreta-tion",the text of"Shen Si"is reinterpreted from the triple dimension of"comprehension-explication-application"so as to explore its innovative,imaginary and unified values in fiction creation,which provides references for the development of creative writing theory with Chinese characteristics.