Original source: Cao Pi-Dian thesis.

Excerpts from the original text: Gai Wen, the great cause of the country, the immortal event. The years of life sometimes end, and glory ends in the body. Both will reach a constant period, rather than endless articles. Based on ancient authors, I am attached to calligraphy, and my opinions are based on articles. He didn't fake the words of history, nor did he rely on the trend of flying, but his fame was later autobiographical.

Therefore, Xibo is quiet and easy to perform, and Zhou Dan is an obvious gift, not in vagueness and thoughtfulness, not in entertainment. Husband, however, the ancients were mean and heavy, and it was too late. And many people are not strong; Being poor is not afraid of hunger and cold, but being rich is not enough for pleasure, so you can do what you are doing now and leave behind a thousand years of achievements. The sun and the moon passed away from the peak, and their physical appearance fell to the bottom, suddenly leaving everything, which is a great pain for people with lofty ideals!

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Introduction to the work:

Cao Pi's Dian Lun was lost, and the paper was preserved because it was selected into Zhaoming Wenxuan. Cao Pi was an important literary critic in the Han and Wei Dynasties. There are two literary works he wrote, one is Wu Zhi Shu, and the other is the famous Dian Lun Paper.

Dian Lun Wen is a very important literary theory work, which is of epoch-making significance in the history of China's literary theory criticism, because there was no well-written literary theory monograph before it. Its appearance marks that China's ancient literary theory began to enter the conscious period.

Essays on Canon starts with criticizing "belittling scholars" and emphasizes "judging others", and analyzes the creative personality and style of the seven sons of Jian 'an. On this basis, it puts forward the literary values of "four topics and eight styles" and "the great cause of governing the country is an immortal event" and the writer's theory of "literature is based on qi".

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Canon-Papers-Baidu Encyclopedia