About the author: Liu Xie (about 465 ~ 532), a literary critic in the Southern Dynasties. Yanhe was born in Juxian County, Dongguan (now Juxian County, Shandong Province). Determined to study in his early years, his family was poor and unmarried. He decided on Buddhist scriptures according to Ding Lin Temple. When he was in Liang Wudi, he served as courtier, steward of the Eastern Palace and commander of infantry, and was highly valued by Prince Xiao Tong of Zhaoming and Shen Yue, the scribe. In his later years, he became a monk, changed his name to Hui Di, and found a pawn. The fifty articles of Wen Xin Diao Long developed the progressive literary theory criticism of predecessors and criticized the one-sided pursuit of form in the creative circles at that time. The system is relatively complete, which is the first systematic literary theory criticism work in China and has an important position in the history of literature.
2. The first step is to collect the Book of Songs. The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China, with a total of 305 poems from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (there are also 6 poems of sound, which are omitted). Formerly known as "Poetry", it was regarded as a classic by Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty, but it was called "The Book of Songs", also known as "Poetry 300". He initiated the excellent tradition of realism in China's ancient poetry creation. The content in The Book of Songs, in terms of its original nature, is the lyrics of songs. Mozi Meng Gong said, "There are 300 ode poems, 300 string poems, 300 song poems and 300 dance poems." It means that there are more than 300 poems, all of which can be recited, played with musical instruments, sung and accompanied by dances. "Historical Records Confucius Family" also said: "Three hundred and fifty poems were written by Confucius, in order to combine Shao, Wu, elegance and praise." Although these statements are still possible to be discussed, there is no doubt that the Book of Songs was closely related to music and dance in ancient times.
The "six meanings" in The Book of Songs refer to style, elegance, praise, fu, comparison and honor. The first three are content and the last three are technology.
The division of style, elegance and fu is based on the difference of music.
3. The first anthology is Zhao Ming Anthology. Selected Works of Zhaoming is the earliest extant collection of poems and essays in China, edited by Xiao Tong, the eldest son of Liang Wudi in the Southern Dynasties. After Xiao Tong's death, he became "Zhaoming", so this anthology edited by him is called "Zhaoming Anthology". Selected Works of Zhaoming contains more than 700 poems, essays and essays of 38 kinds written by 30 writers from pre-Qin to Liang Dynasty during 700-800 years/kloc-0. The anthology notes the difference between literary works and general academic works, so the articles in the Six Classics and Philosophers are not selected. This collection of poems and essays generally includes important literary works from the pre-Qin period to the early Liang Dynasty, reflecting the development outline of various styles and preserving important materials. Selected Works of Zhaoming has always been valued by scholars and scholars in feudal times, and even regarded as a must-read for imperial examinations. There is a saying that "the selected works are rotten, and the scholar is only half talented", which played the role of literature teaching science books in feudal society.
The first dictionary in China was Shuo Wen Jie Zi. Shuowen is the first Chinese dictionary with radical arrangement in China. Editor-in-Chief of Xu Shen in Han Dynasty. The original work, written from 100 to 12 1, has been lost. Most of the versions handed down to this day are Song Dynasty versions or Duan Yucai's annotations in Qing Dynasty. The original text is Xiao Zhuan, which explains the source of the font word for word. Written by Xu Shen, dedicated to Han Andi. The whole book is divided into 540 radicals, 9,353 words, and there are also "overlapping words", that is, the variant characters 1 163, * * 105 16. Xu Shen, the title of Shuo Wen Jie Zi, explains that Cang Xie wrote a book at the beginning, while Gai Yi is like a hieroglyph, so it is called a writing. After that, the form and sound benefit each other, that is, the word. The writer is the foundation of image; Words, words breed milk and so on. Shuo Wen Jie Zi *** 15-{ Volume}-,including the preface 1-{ Volume}-. In Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Xu Shen systematically expounded the law of Chinese characters-Liu Shu. The style of Shuowen Jiezi is to list the seal script first, and if the ancient prose is different from the Shu prose, it will be listed later. Then explain the original meaning of words, and then strengthen the relationship between fonts and the meaning or pronunciation of words. The arrangement of radicals in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is based on the principle of similarity in form or meaning. Shuowen Jiezi pioneered the radical search for Chinese characters, which was mostly adopted by later dictionaries. Duan Yucai in Qing Dynasty called this book "an unprecedented book, created by Xu Jun". Many scholars in the past dynasties studied Shuo Wen Jie Zi. Qing Dynasty is the heyday of research. Especially Duan Yucai's Notes on Explaining Words; Zhu's "Shuo Wen Tong Xun"; Gui Fu's "Yi Zheng"; Wang Yun's Shuo Du is more valuable, and these four people are also called the four masters of Shuo Wen.
5. The first collection of myths is Shan Hai Jing, and the first fairy tale is Searching for the Gods.
6. Shi Shuo Xin Yu compiled by Liu Yiqing in the Southern Song Dynasty is the earliest collection of classical Chinese novels in China.
7. The first collection of strange stories in classical Chinese in China was Searching for the Gods compiled by Gan Bao in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.