Wen Xin Diao Long was written by Xie (about 465-532) in the Southern Dynasties. It is China's first systematic literary theory work, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations. His descriptions, comments, books, articles, quotations, textual research and prefaces and postscripts are far more numerous than those of other poetry criticism works. In Qing Dynasty, Zhang Xuecheng's Poems on Literature, History and Righteousness said that it was "big and worried about the week" and "talking about the group in a cage", which was not bad. Later people call it "Wen" or "Wen".

Liu Xie Yanhe was originally from Juxian County, Dongguan (now Shandong Province) and lived in Jingkou (now Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province). Scholars who study Liu Xie think that he is probably a descendant of Liu Fei, the Emperor Gaozu. His great-uncle Liu Xiuzhi was a mediocre man in the Liu and Song Dynasties. His father used to be the captain of Yueqi. He lost his father when he was young, and his mother died when he was around 20. Life is hard, too poor to get married. When he was twenty-three or four years old, he lived in Ding Lin Temple in Zhenjiang, studied under a famous monk and helped him sort out Buddhist scriptures. At the age of 32, I wrote Wen Xin Diao Long, and at the age of 36. Later, at the age of 37, he served as Liang Wudi's servant. At the age of 39, he was also the clerk of Xiao Hong, the general of Zhong Jun. At the age of 40, he served as a chariot rider and Cao Cao joined the army. 43-year-old Ren Taimo (now Longyou County, Zhejiang Province) county magistrate, "the government has written records". 46-year-old, served as general Xiao Ji's room clerk, 52-year-old, and served as the general manager of the East Palace of Prince Xiao Tong of Zhaoming. Xiao Tong is the editor-in-chief of Wenxuan, a famous collection of articles in past dynasties. He is not only knowledgeable, but also good at recruiting talents. He loves Liu Xie deeply. Liu Xie probably participated in the editing of Selected Works. 53 years old, concurrently serving as an infantry captain; At the age of 54, he was ordered to go to Ding Lin Temple to sort out Buddhist scriptures with monk Hui Zhen. At the age of 54, he became a monk and changed his name to Hui Di. "Liang Shu" initially said that he "died before the deadline". According to the old theory, he only lived to be 5067 years old. Fan Wenlan, a famous historian, once lamented: "Yanhe was born in the Song Dynasty and died in Yuanhe two years. It is 5067 years old. What I cherish is the brevity of this biography, and the collected works have been lost. So Tessa can't know his life, but he can be generous. " (73 1 page "Notes on the Carving of Dragons in the Literary Mind") According to the textual research of various materials contained in the Continued Tibetan Scriptures and the Tripitaka Scriptures, Li Zhuan, a close friend, identified Liu Xie as a monk for three years (536,438+0) and "died before the deadline", which was recognized by most scholars.