A Study On Literary Criticism Of Documents To Emperor In Carving A Dragon

Carving a Dragon at the Core of Literature contains rich theoretical content of memorial style criticism.The literary criticism theory of memorial style in Carving a Dragon at the Core of Literature came into being under the specific background of literary development.Liu Xie discussed such Memorial styles as "Zhang","Biao","Zou","Qi","Yi" and "Dui" in three chapters of "Zhang Biao","Zou Qi" and "Yi Dui".By combing the part of "original to end",we can find that although Liu Xie divides the memorial style into six categories,its functions are mostly overlapping.Before the Southern Dynasty,"Zhang","Biao","Zou","Qi","Yi" and other memorial styles had been mixed.Liu Xie’s presumption of the stylistic functions of various memorials mainly depends on three ways: interpreting names,quoting classics and analyzing their actual use.Liu Xie’s determination of the writing criteria of memorial style is actually based on the function of each style,not on the mixed style classification names.Liu Xie’s criticism of memorial style writers and works shows two main tendencies.Liu Xie emphasized the importance of the content and meaning of memorials with strong political nature.For the memorial style with strong etiquette,it focuses on the handling of its literary grace and emotional relationship.In terms of the number of selected articles,Liu Xie mostly selected memorials of the Han Dynasty.From the perspective of style types,Liu Xie’s selection of each style is not equal.This phenomenon is related to the retention of memorials in different periods and Liu Xie’s subjective tendency.In addition,Liu Xie’s definition of memorial style is unique in the Liang Dynasty and before.It first takes into account the political characteristics of memorial style,and takes the Qin Dynasty as the symbol of the formal formation of memorial style.Liu Xie’s political sensitivity is also reflected in his choice of the purpose of the memorial text.Liu Xie focuses on the selection of articles that have had an important impact on political development in history,and his selection standard is different from the pure literary standard of Xiao Tong’s anthology.Moreover,the selection of memorials in Carving a Dragon at the Core of Literature can also reflect Liu Xie’s positive spirit of entering into the world.