The Literary Geographical View in Cosmic Perspective:Revealing the Subtleties of"Xiuqi Chengcai"in LIU Xie's The Liter ay Mind and the Carving of Dragons
The concept of"Xiuqi Chengcai"(elegance radiating charm)proposed by LIU Xie in the chapter Zheng-sheng of The Literay Mind and the Carving of Dragons conceptually follows the unified notion of Tao-Sheng-Wen from the chapter of Yuan Dao.It emphasizes that humans are the concentrated embodiment of the essence of natural elegance and splendor,naturally displaying their literary grace.LIU Xie situates the value of human life and the immortality of literary expression within the vast expanse of the cosmos.This perspective transcends the geograph-ical scope of"landscape aiding man"argument in the chapter Wuse,taking into account the importance of natural endowment and inherent talents in the theory of literary composition.It establishes a literary geography perspective centered on the triad of heaven-earth-human,which has profound origins and far-reaching impact.
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