Break: A Tradition and Evolvement Rule of Chinese Literary Criticism Style

The meaning of break mentioned in this article has two aspects: One is the variation of the special style,just as Liu Xie said that literature had its constant styles.Furthermore,special content calls for special mode(genre,style,manner.etc) to express,but Chinese critics of all ages broke this constant style,express the theoretical content in a literary way consciously or unconsciously;another is the evolvement of the traditional style,each age has its particular critical style,the style of a new age is the break of the previous one.The former aspect can trace back to Chuang-tzu,the latter one remains existent today.The break in Chinese literary criticism style aims at changing the style to find the best means to express;and as a tradition and evolvement rule of Chinese literary criticism style,break exerts a pivotal role in inspiring and referencing current literature criticism.