The Construction of History of Literary Style in Wenxin Diao Long and Historical Texts
The construction of history of literary style in Wenxin Diao Long is deeply influenced by historical books.On the one hand,a large number of historical materials on which Liu Xie explores the history of literary style come from historical books,and on the other hand,the ideas of historical books play an important role in the formation of the history of literary style.Historical books narrated the situations of monarchs issuing decrees,containing a large number of important historical texts,which provide a rich textual basis for Liu Xie's writing on imperial decrees.Historical books also recorded the deeds of officials participating in the administration and discussion on state affairs,and recorded all kinds of documents submitted by the literati,which serve as important support for Liu Xie's writing on official documents.Historical books recorded the works of sao fu,da fu and xiao fu,and saved a lot of materials related to the study of Fu,which Liu Xie relied on to create the history of Fu.Historical books also contained a large number of texts and contents about scriptures,historical comments,political documents and metaphysical discussions,providing support for Liu Xie's"thinking"of constructing history of literary style through his analysis of these texts.Finally,historical books recorded the texts and stories of various persuasive writings,and Liu Xie's"selection of and commentary on texts"depend on them.
Wenxin Diao LongSelection of textsanalysis of literary formsconstructing history of literary stylehistorical texts