Nirvana of the Mind

Author: Liu Xie
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
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 origin of literature, literary genres, creative thinking, style, rhetoric, appreciation, the moral character of writers, and the relationship between literature and social change. Each chapter of this book includes an introduction, the original text, annotations, and a translation.