The Relationship Between Liu Xie’s View Of Sage And Theory Construction Of The Literature Mind And The Carving Of Dragons

The view of sage has always been one of the main subjects in the study of Chinese traditional culture.The view of sage in Chinese philosophy shows certain particularity in different academic background,but the significance of sage as the highest standard of personality is always communicated.In the Wei and Jin Dynasties,the concept of sage,as a way for scholars to express their feelings,penetrated into the field of literature and had an important impact on the aesthetic of literature.From the creation purpose and the structure of the whole book,is actually a kind of sophistic writing.The Literature Mind and the Carving of Dragons continues the view of sage of sophistic books.It mainly reserves the trait of the sage that is an authoritative creator and understand Tao used for setting doctrines.At the same time,when the Confucian view of sage came into the question of literature,it was enriched by Liu Xie in combination with the reality and injected Liu Xie’s value demand for literature and absorbed the sage idea of metaphysics and Buddhism in Wei and Jin Dynasties.sage is closely related to the theoretical construction of The Literature Mind and the Carving of Dragons.The concept of sage influences Liu Xie’s understanding of the nature,function,composition of literature and the relationship between writers and literature.With the sage as the center,Liu Xie constructed the theory of literary origin and development of "Tao-sage-Classic-writing" mode and the theory of three creative subjects of "sage-writers of both ability and virtue-mediocre writers" in The Literature Mind and the Carving of Dragons.In addition,Liu Xie’s concept of sage is connected with his concept of literary function.In Liu Xie’s eyes,writing can make great contributions and be crowned with eternal glory.The scope of "writing" in his works is much larger than that of today’s "literary creation".It can be said that everything written belongs to "writing".By discussing the connotation of Liu Xie’s view of sage and the theoretical construction of sage and The Literature Mind and the Carving of Dragons,we can find that the starting point of Liu Xie of The Literature Mind and the Carving of Dragons is not only to discuss how to write an article,but also to infuse the deep thinking of the ideal personality paradigm and to link life with composition.Liu Xie’s pursuit of ideal personality is hidden in his sage’s image.He not only wants to tell the world how the ideal personality paradigm is,but also discusses how to practice and become a cultured person.The way he put forward is to learn the method and standard of sage’s composition,so as to achieve the goal of pursuing ideal personality by collecting sage’s words.The ambition of Confucianism and the call for ideal personality are the deeper expectation and demand of Liu Xie’s The Literature Mind and the Carving of Dragons.