The Theoretical Contents in the"Wandering Mind"of Carving a Dragon at the Core of Literature

Liu Xie'sWandering Mindin Carving a Dragon at the Core of Literature took Lu Ji's Wenfu as the original version,and combines the literary thoughts of Zhuang Zi,Cao Zhi,Lu Ji,and Zong Bing to create a profound and complete concept ofWandering Mind,which describes the whole process of the development of artistic thought:the writer starts from a quiet mind;then,stimulated by his interest in the outside world,his spirit begins to travel with the physical world and thus he acquires esthetic images;finally,he creates the literary works with originality.Concepts related to thinking such asquietness,the mental world' s integration with the physical world,andpolishing being the focus of literary creationfollow one after another and are mutually united in the category of theWandering Mind.