Wen Fu is the first specialized work in the history of China's literary development that systematically and completely discusses the inherent law of literary creation, which has had an important impact on the development of China's literature.
1. Does the contribution of Wen Fu come from the pre-Qin period? Poetry expresses ambition? In the Han Dynasty, emotion and righteousness were emphasized, which reflected that our country began to pay attention to the use of literary and poetic characteristics very early. On the basis of summarizing predecessors' theories, Luji proposed? Poetry is beautiful because of love? It clearly reveals that the basic feature of literature is the unity of lyricism and beautiful form, and emphasizes the free expression of emotion. At the same time, Lu Ji's Wen Fu also emphasized the importance of imagination to artistic conception in the process of creation. Imagination plays an important role in the process from conception to writing. In addition, Wen Fu also advocates attaching importance to stylistic research and perfecting the theoretical summary of the basic characteristics of stylistic. These three aspects have a far-reaching influence on later generations, especially on the creation of relevant literary theoretical works by Liu Xie, Zhong Rong and others.
Second, the limitations of "Wen Fu" The influence of "Wen Fu" on later generations is enormous. It has an irreplaceable unique position in the history of China literature development and China literary theory criticism, but it also has inevitable limitations. First, the objectification theory in narrative tends to be narrow, emphasizing only natural scenery and not linking creation with reality. Second, in terms of creative inspiration, it simply emphasizes the subjective role of the author and ignores the objective reality. Third, there is no original opinion on social influence. These aspects make the prose have weaknesses and deficiencies in the history of China literature development.
In a word, the influence of Wen Fu on the history of China literature development is more beneficial than harmful.