Liu Xie

For the last emperor of Han, see Emperor Xian of Han.

Liu Xie (Chinese: 劉勰; pinyin: Liú Xié, ca. 465–522[1]), courtesy name Yanhe (彦和), was a Chinese monk, politician, and writer. He was the author of China's greatest work of literary aesthetics, The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (文心雕龍). His biography is included in the Liangshu.

  1. ^ Sun, Cecile Chu-chin (2011). The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry. University of Chicago Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-226-78020-7.