Promotion of Formal Beauty by Liu Xie from “Qing li”

Qing li,as an ideal aesthetic style,was widely used in mixed literature criticism system in the literary mind and carving of dragons by Liu Xie.Qingrooted in Confucianism and Taoism in pre- Qin period and characters evaluation in Wei and Jin dynasties. It involved in works' content and form. Li was mainly used to describe diction, style and features in the literary mind and carving of dragons. Limiting and enrichinglibyqingmeant promotion of formal beauty under the classics revered rules. Liu Xie inherited the ancient sense ofqingadvocating,reasoningly developed and abandoned the writing style in Qi and Liang dynasties. Qing li perfectly combined the classics tradition and evolution principle.