1, Dian Lun is Cao Pi's academic work, the whole book has been lost, and the paper book is the only one that has been completely preserved.
The so-called "text" is an article in a broad sense, including literary works. It is China's first special paper on literary criticism, involving several very important issues in literary criticism. Although it is inevitably a bit rough, it has played a very good leading role in the history of literary criticism.
2. First of all, it is worth mentioning that it attaches importance to the value of literature.
Ancient Confucianism had the theory of "three immortals", one of which was "speech". But this mainly refers to political and ethical works, which has little to do with literature. Cao didn't say "article", but it included poems and poems.
3. Secondly, especially lyric literature.
It is hard to say what is called "the great cause of classics", but Cao Bu's statement is equivalent to raising literature to an equal position with traditional classics, which is of course very meaningful for the prosperity of literature.
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1, author of classic papers
It was not written by Cao Wei of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Bu (187~226) was born in Guo Pei (now Anhui). Cao Cao's second son, in the 22nd year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (2 17), was made a prince. In the first year of Yankang (220), Cao Cao died, and Xiang and Wang Wei died one after another. In October of the same year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was forced to close his eyes, become emperor on his own, and return to China with the title of Wei.
2. Writing background and influence
Dian Lun and papers were written at the end of Jian 'an, and the direct reason was the great plague in the twenty-second year of Jian 'an. In this plague, Cao did not personally feel the pain of the sudden death of his former literary best friend, so he thought about the significance and value of literary writing. The Dian Lun Thesis created by him is not only the representative of the theoretical achievements of Jian 'an literature, but also the pioneering work of China's literary criticism.
3. Present situation of classical papers
Classical theory was originally a fascicle with all the topics. The whole book has been lost, only one paper remains.