On the metaphorical literary criticism

The metaphorical literary criticism originated during the pre Qin days, and bloomed during the late part of the Tang Dynasty after the canvass of the Warring States, the appraisal of Han Dynasty, the pure talk of the Wei jin Dynasty. Its development also related to the analogical charateristic of primitive thinking, the cultural tradition of the Confucian school and the charm of metaphor itself.To understand scientifically the metaphorical literary criticism and promote literary criticism of our time, we must recognize the difference between the metaphor that acts as literary criticism and the metaphor that acts as rhetoric of literary creation.