The Review of Chinese Literary Anthropology Theory’s Construction Since 21st Century

Important changes have taken place in the study of Chinese literary anthropology since 21st century.Chinese literary anthropologists make every effort to explore and construct one theoretical system which is suitable for China's local culture consciousness.Its development context is clear: from literary text to culture text, and from the mythological outlook of literary standard to the mythological outlook driven by faith.We need rely on quadruple-evidence approaches which are integrated with multidisciplinary knowledge to reconstruct Chinese culture of the great tradition and little tradition theory from the new perspective of mythistory, to elaborate N-level coding theory, and to explore the faith in jade myth as the potential driving force of the beginning of civilization.By combing the complete symbolic process from the faith in jade myth to Chinese civilization core values, we wish to seek out the deep cultural genes among Chinese civilization identities ultimately.Keywords: quadruple-evidence approach, mythistory, great tradition and little tradition, faith in jade myth, N-level coding theory, white jade worship  Literary anthropology in China has been nearly for 30 years of development since the new period.The innovative promotion to the research paradigm and idea of Chinese humanities becomes more and more obvious.As an interdisciplinary research, Chinese literary anthropology created by comparative literature has presented an ascendant trend since 21st century.Many scholars, like Ye Shuxian, Xiao Bing, Xu Xinjian, FangKeqiang, Peng Zhaorong, Cheng Jincheng and so on, stick to it diligently and firmly, try their best to construct a literary anthropology theory which has Chinese characteristics and then use these theories to explain Chinese literary and cultural phenomenon.However, as an emerging and independent interdisciplinary subject, Chinese literary anthropology is still in the phase of theoretical construction at present, so it inevitably faces the voice of doubt from all directions in the process of exploration.Based on this, the article will make a systematic review of the constructive process of Chinese literary anthropology theory to make its development clear, hoping to predict its development direction in the future.Ye Shuxian is the outstanding person in the field of literary anthropology, and compared with other scholars in the same period, he insists on his research characteristics, that is, making theoretical exploration and