Poetic criticism in"Wen Xin Diao Long

The poetic criticism in the Chinese ancient literature essay WENXINDIAOLONG forms by itself a theoretic system.Firstly,it presents a comparatively profound exploration of emotion and idea expression characteristics of poems in Chapter of MINGSHI.Secondly,it reiterates in Chapter QINGCAI emotinally aesthetic characteristics of poems and proposesmaking poem for emotion expressionso as to reach the status of coexistnce between emotion and ration and equal emphasis of emotion and ideal.Thirdly,it puts forward comparatively comprehensive poetic criticism and appreciation theory,giving meticulous analysis of various elements concerning poem appreciation of subject and object.Fourthly,it makes a thorough insight into poetic imagery in Chapters SHENSI,YINXIOU,etc.,pointing out that the characteristics of poem lie in the following:the idea exists in image and conceals itself in elegance,subject and object are linked together,and master and environment are melted in one.All these are great contributions which Liu Xie made to Chinese poetic theory.