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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 171-177.

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Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons and the Study on Texts in the Ming Dynasty

Bai Jianzhong   

  1. the College of Chinese Language and Literature, Shanxi Normal University (Linfen 041004, China)
  • Online:2016-05-25 Published:2017-09-29
  • About author:Bai Jianzhong, PhD, is an associate professor in the College of Chinese Language and Literature, Shanxi Normal University (Linfen 041004, China), with main academic interest in Chinese ancient literary theory.

Abstract: The study of Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons emerged in the Ming Dynasty for many reasons, among which the Six-Dynasty School's attention to the work was an important factor. The influence of Literary Mind was so great in the Ming-Dynasty study on texts that the first monograph on text study A General Survey of Literary Texts (Wen Tong) was written in the style of Literary Mind in late Ming Dynasty. Some of the influential and important concepts in Wen Tong were either inherited from or developed upon Literary Mind, which showed that the Ming-Dynasty scholars could both inherit the legacy of literary text studies and develop their own academic field.

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