Exploring the origin of Liu Xie's literary theory from Confucianism and Taoism, Huang Jin Shu said in "Literary Mind Carving Dragons: The Ideological Origin of Literary Theory" that the word "Wen" originally meant "learned article" (not based on Wen); The Han Dynasty was a vassal of Confucian classics. Cao Pi's Dian Lun Wen endowed it with a new historical position. The paper gives it a new historical position. Liu Xie inherited the Confucian concept of practical literature in the Han Dynasty, integrated the transcendental intuitive world view of Taoism, reconciled Confucianism and Taoism, and used it for the other side, and drew a conclusion:
The harmony between Confucianism and Taoism has become the criterion of literary theory criticism in the future, because Confucianism is the direction of life and Taoism is the realm of improving life. These two factors are the basic conditions that literature must have. The harmony between Confucianism and Taoism has become the criterion of literary theory criticism in the future, because Confucianism is the direction of life and Taoism is the realm of improving life. These two factors are the basic conditions that literature must have. Cao Pi's Dian Lun, represented by Cao Pi's Dian Lun, became a systematic work, while Liu Xie's Wen Xin Diao Long was a masterpiece. The paper is the representative, and then becomes a systematic work, while Liu Xie's Wen Xin Diao Long is a masterpiece.
Huangshi is an expert in Confucianism and Zhuangzi. From these two viewpoints, the source of literary thought in Wen Xin is the most convincing. Huangshi is an expert in Confucianism and Zhuangzi. From these two viewpoints, the source of literary thought in Wen Xin is the most convincing.