New Ideas, Broad-Minded, True Courage and Insight──Comment on 《New Thoughes About The Prose》 By Liu Xiqing

Liu Xiqing's theories about the prose are composed o f four parts: on literery on creation, on criticism and on a esthetic The core and sta rting point of his theories are “On literary forms, but actually in his book h e has put more emphasis on the theory of “On aesthetic characteristics. Liu Xi qing advocates the purification of prose. He thinks that after peeling off all t he layers, prose should show personalities, espress feelings, expose souls, and display life experience in frank and free words. He thinks that the history of Chinese prose is just like the history of all the Chinese literature, and every revolution in forms and contents of the prose was brought about because of man' s being discovered, and being emphasized.