Wenxin carved dragon
Written by Liu Xian, Liang of the Southern Dynasty, ten volumes, fifty articles. Discuss the system of the article, the literary source, the principle, the method of criticism, etc. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, it has been the ancestor of the poets and chapters, and has had a far-reaching influence on the literary creation and literary criticism of the past dynasties in China.
Liu xie. (A.D.) ~473) was a native of Dongguan, Liang (present-day Wujin County, Jiangsu Province) in the Southern Dynasty. In his early years, his family was poor, and he studied Buddhist scriptures according to the monks of Shamen, and became a monk in his later years. Fifty articles of writing and carving dragons. The book discusses a wide range of literary theories, including literary origins, stylistic distinctions, creative methods, and literary criticism.
The above is taken from the Chinese dictionary