《崇古文诀》是南宋以降最具代表性的选本之一，其编选和评点蕴含丰富的批评思想，在当时及后世广为流传。《崇古文诀》以儒家“中和”思想为原则，选文博而精，评点简而要，既强调文之主旨正大，又注重“中和”之美；《崇古文诀》注重“曲”“含蓄”等传情达意、行文组织的方式；重视以“深味”的方式来体悟文章写作中各要素平衡带来的艺术美感。

Lou Fang's prose compilation The Recipe for Classical Prose was one of the most representative anthologies of ancient Chinese prose since its print in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Lou's commentaries in the anthology and his idea behind the compilation were emulated thereafter. The central rationale for selecting a piece of prose writing was Confucian moderation, emphasizing on the orthodoxy subject matter and moderate aesthetic taste, while the scope of selection was broad and the comments laconic and pertinent. His selection emphasized on the deliberate digression and implicitness of expression and the structuring of meaning delivery in the text, and highlighted artistic taste (wei) as the aesthetic effects of the text upon the readers．