The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons 文心雕龍
An early Chinese text in literature theory by 劉勰 Liu Xie
- 原道第一 Volume 1: The Way is the Source
- 徵聖第二 Volume 2: Evidence from the Sages
- 宗經第三 Volume 3: The Lineage of the Classics
- 正緯第四 Volume 4: Evaluating Apocrypha
- 辨騷第五 Volume 5: Analysis of Sao
- 明詩第六 Volume 6: Clarifying Shi Poetry
- 樂府第七 Volume 7: Musical Fu Poetry
- 詮賦第八 Volume 8: Elucidating Rhapsodies
- 頌讚第九 Volume 9: Odes and Encomia
- 祝盟第十 Volume 10: Chants and Covenants
- 銘箴第十一 Volume 11: Inscriptions and Admonitions
- 誄碑第十二 Volume 12: Elegy\ies and Epitaphs
- 哀弔第十三 Volume 13: Laments and Condolences
- 雜文第十四 Volume 14: Miscellaneous Texts
- 諧隱第十五 Volume 15: Humour and Riddles
- 史傳第十六 Volume 16: History and Biographies
- 諸子第十七 Volume 17: Masters
- 論說第十八 Volume 18: Treatises and Exegeses
- 詔策第十九 Volume 19: Edicts and Scripts
- 檄移第二十 Volume 20: Proclamations of War and Dispatches
- 封禪第二十一 Volume 21: Sacrifices
- 章表第二十二 Volume 22: Declarations and Petitions
- 奏啟第二十三 Volume 23: Memorials and Communications
- 議對第二十四 Volume 24: Discussions and Answers
- 書記第二十五 Volume 25: Written Records
- 神思第二十六 Volume 26: Spiritual Thought
- 體性第二十七 Volume 27: Style and Nature
- 風骨第二十八 Volume 28: Wind and Bone
- 通變第二十九 Volume 29: Constants and Change
- 定勢第三十 Volume 30: Focus and Momentum
- 情采第三十一 Volume 31: Conditions and Embellishment
- 鎔裁第三十二 Volume 32: Casting and Cutting
- 聲律第三十三 Volume 33: Prosody
- 章句第三十四 Volume 34: Words and Phrases
- 麗辭第三十五 Volume 35: Parallel Phrases
- 比興第三十六 Volume 36: Metaphor
- 夸飾第三十七 Volume 37: Hyperbole
- 事類第三十八 Volume 38: Allusion and Reference
- 練字第三十九 Volume 39: Word Choice
- 隱秀第四十 Volume 40: Latent and Salient
- 指瑕第四十一 Volume 41: Highlighting Flaws
- 養氣第四十二 Volume 42: Nourishing Spirit
- 附會第四十三 Volume 43: Organzation
- 總術第四十四 Volume 44: Overall Technique
- 時序第四十五 Volume 45: Sequence
- 物色第四十六 Volume 46: Manifestation of Form
- 才略第四十七 Volume 47: Outline of Skills
- 知音第四十八 Volume 48: Knowledge of Tones
- 程器第四十九 Volume 49: Capacity of Vessels
- 序志第五十 Volume 50: Preface
Source
Wikisource, accessed 2018-07-08, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/文心雕龍.
English translations
Discussion
- Idema, W L and Lloyd Haft 1997, A Guide to Chinese Literature, Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, p. 195.
- Richter, Antje 1997, “Wenxin diaolong 文心雕龍”, In Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide, edited by Albert E Dien, Cynthia Louise Chennault, Keith Nathaniel Knapp, and Alan J Berkowitz, Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies University of California, pp. 389-400.