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Author: Zhou Zhenfu
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons is a monumental work in the history of Chinese literary criticism, systematically discussing a series of major issues such as the origins of literature, literary genres, divine thought, style, rhetoric, appreciation, the moral character of writers, and the social transformation of literary language. The literary philosophy of its author, Liu Xie, is primarily Confucianist, yet it also incorporates elements of Daoist and Buddhist thought. His critiques of people and works are insightful, pioneering the history of Chinese literary criticism and exerting a profound influence on later generations. The style of the work is vigorous and poetic. Each section in this book is accompanied by a brief explanation. Some explanations outline the logical structure of the chapters within a section, while others discuss the issues raised and the methods proposed, with some evaluation. The original text of The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons used in this book is based on the widely accepted Qing Dynasty edition compiled and annotated by Huang Shu-lin, with textual annotations removed. For errors, repetitions, omissions, and variant readings in the original text, corrections and supplements were made based on the collation in Annotations to The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons by Fan Wenlan, as well as referencing other scholars' collations. At the beginning of each chapter, the content is briefly explained, sometimes elaborated upon, or points of inadequacy are highlighted. The translation is verbatim, serving solely as a sentence-by-sentence explanation to simplify annotations. Therefore, the paragraphs are divided into shorter segments, with the translation appended below each segment for easy comparison.