Introduction 1

Wang Ch’ung displays a liberalism unique. He thik the present is better than the past, same as Ge Hong. Cao Cao, was a competent poet. Cao Pi, 典論論文 蕭統,he accounted for excluding the Classics and historical works from his anthology, because they were not pure literature. 徐陵,玉臺新詠 Cao...

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XXVII. Style and Nature

The style and nature need to be fitted with each other, the outer and the inner realities always correspond.

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