Milestone in the Study of Wenxin Diaolong——On Fan Wenlan's Notes to Wenxin Diaolong

Fan Wenlan's Notes to Wenxin Diaolong epitomizes all the past notes, which is shown in its proofreading, notes and textual research of special subjects. It is also the pioneer of the study in the new era since it organizes related information in great details, probes into the theoretical value and deep meanings in Liu Xie's theories in Wenxin Diaolong of writing, criticism, style, literary form and literary history and important statements as theories of vigor of style, three standards and six outlooks. This has become a new starting point for the study of Wenxin Diaolong in the 20th century.