Wenxin Diaolong

…similarly named anthologies) and of Wenxin Diaolong (“The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons”; a classic in literary criticism) by Liu Xie, the evolution of what has come to be known as the Six Dynasties essay style (a blending of poetry and prose), and the invention (reportedly by Shen…

…book-length work of literary criticism, Wenxin diaolong (“The Literary Mind and the Carving of the Dragon”), by the 6th-century writer Liu Xie.

Also from this period, the Wenxin Diaolong (“Literary Mind and Carving of Dragons”) by Liu Xie has long remained China’s premier treatise on aesthetics. It offers insightful consideration of a wide range of chosen topics, beginning with a discussion of wen, or nature’s underlying pattern. Set forth as central to…