Liu Xie went deep into Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, understood Chinese and Indian culture, and wrote works such as "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons." Liu Xie assisted Shi Sengyou with compiling "Chu Sanzang Ji Ji (Collection of notes on the translated Tripitaka)", "Shijie Ji (Records of the worlds)", "Shijia Pu (Genealogy of Sakaya clan)", and "Hongming Ji (Collection on the propagation of the light)", etc. He participated in the revision of the scriptures, and devoted himself to compilation of literature, philosophical thoughts and Buddhist classics. His contribution was indelible.
The following is the passage from "Cheng-Chi" of "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons". "It is based on Tao (the resource), evidence from the sage, the classics from literary resource, emendation of apocrypha, and an analysis of Sao". It is the "literary junction" of "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons". Liu Xie had a grand and style and covered the group of words, subtle thoughts, and obscure meanings. sending feelings to others for thousands of years with the eternal heart. "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons" is not only the earliest literary thought theory, but also has a high level of philosophical thought.
Liu Xie's view of literary thought in " The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons" started from the following points: "Although readers of later generations cannot see the face of the creator, they can understand and get a glimpse of the creator's will and thoughts from reading the content of the work", "Sighing that life is limited, Time flies like an arrow, and a hundred years has passed by suddenly. Only by entrusting one's aspirations in articles and spreading them for thousands of years can preserve one's literary thoughts for future generations." ,and" It is worthy of self-congratulation to have just found a close friend". From all aspects, he has a "literary and ideological outlook that transcends time and space." From "The movement of the sun and the moon naturally reveals the beautiful sky scene, the mountains and flowing water on the ground glow with splendor, laying out the shape and texture of the earth.", "Natural animals, plants and inanimate creatures all have their own patterns and colors", and "After people want to express their thoughts, words will naturally arise. With the ability to speak, human civilization will naturally arise." In all aspects, it has a "natural literary ideological view". From "The creator's emotions change due to the scenery, and the literary creation is based on the emotions of the objects", "Humans have seven emotions of happiness, anger, sadness, fear, love, evil and desire, which change according to the external objects." , and "When readers read literature, they gradually gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of the work through browsing the textual content, and explore the inner emotions of the creator's literary creation." Each aspect has the ideological view that "when people have feelings about external objects, psychological feelings will naturally arise."
The philosophical view of Liu Xie's "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons" states that "the way of nature's development must rely on the wisdom of the sage, and the sage must rely on articles to clarify the way of nature's development", " The sage perceive the natural spirit and then write articles. They study the principles of gods as the basis for teaching others." and "The sage has broad vision, like the sun and moon shining on the earth." Each aspect has the ideological view that "people will understand the way of nature and explain philosophy through articles." From "The classics created by saints can penetrate the subtle depths of human nature, so the connotation of classic literature can be the essence of articles.", "Although the classic words are simple, the meaning contained in the classics is very rich. The classic narrative seemed quite superficial, but the connotation of the classics is very profound.", and "Inheriting the scale of the classics formulates the article. And adopting the elegant language of the classics enriches the diction of the work." In all aspects, it has the philosophical and ideological view that "teachers educate students based on the classics. From "People must be able to establish virtue and give advisable suggestions to others.", "When people are not appreciated by others, they must cultivate themselves and study hard. Otherwise, when people succeed, they devote themselves and work hard.", and "Show our sincere admiration to the sages above eternity, and pray on the descendants for thousands years." In all aspects, it has the philosophical and ideological view on "how to deal with affairs in the world".
Liu Xie's motivation for writing "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons" was "establishing virtue and giving advisable suggestions to others". "Establishing virtue" is its philosophical view, and "giving advisable suggestions to others" is its literary view. "The Literary Mind (Wen Xin)" is the core of "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons" and is the spiritual connotation of it. "Dragon carving (Diao Long) " is its core shell, which is an external artistic expression. "Mind (Xin)" is the thought and the life of it. "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons" has a strong appeal to attract readers to browse the discussion, convey its literary and philosophical views to readers, inspire their minds, and convey the thought.
Liu Xie has a very high level of thought that "life has limits, and limitlessness is wisdom." He inherited his literary and philosophical views from "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons" for thousands years, and transcended the limitations of secular and religious frameworks.