Liu Xie
Liu Xie ( Chinese 劉 勰 , Pinyin Liú Xié ; * around 465 ; † 522 ) was a Chinese author . His book The literary sense and the dragon carving ( Chinese 《文心雕龍》 , Pinyin Wén Xīn Diāo Lóng ) is considered the most important work on aesthetics and is also the first literary criticism of China. It consists of 50 chapters ( 篇 ) and follows the numerological and prophecy-like principles of the I Ching .
Liu Xie was from what is now Jiangsu Province and lived during the Liang Dynasty . His curriculum vitae is recorded in Liang's book. He was a follower of Buddhism and helped to publish the sutras in the Ding Lin Monastery ( 定 林寺 ) until his death .
literature
- Debon, Günther (Hrsg.): New manual of literary studies of East Asian literatures . Wiesbaden: Aula, 1984
- Liu, Xie: The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons . Shih, Vincent Yu-chung (translator), Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1983.
Web links
Wikisource: Liu Xie - Sources and full texts (Chinese)
- Literature by and about Liu Xie in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liu, Xie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese author of the Liang Dynasty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | at 465 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | present-day Jiangsu Province , China |
| DATE OF DEATH | 522 |
| Place of death | Ding Lin Monastery, China |