歷來學圈論證劉勰《文心雕龍》之思維體系，多從其生平思想及文學理論展開現代綜合性或專門性的論述。其「體大慮周，籠罩群言」的文論體系，業已有學者開始以人文視野的角度進行多維的詮釋與解構。其中，東漢以來人物品鑒傳統所導出的六朝文氣論之批評典範，揭示了「氣」的重要觀念。藉由《文心雕龍》所用「氣」字之學術背景、思想源流、基本間架做一考察，將有助於釐清氣義在劉勰文論中所煥發的人本底蘊。然而，前人對劉勰「氣論」的探討，雖各有所獲，卻未能從工夫與境界的身體觀出發，為「氣」的概念作一結構性之尋繹，也較忽略對劉勰思想進行整體性的勾勒。職是之故，本文以《文心雕龍》為中心考察，擬就相關論題細加研議，藉以重探劉勰氣論的典範意義

Academic critics were used to doing modernly complex or professional research about Liu Xie's Wenxindiaolong from his ideology and literary theories. The masterpiece ＂encompassing all speeches and including enormous and comprehensive literary system＂ has also been studied and interpreted from the wide angle of humanity. Among these researches, the canonical criticism of the Literary Ch'i in the Six Dynasties literary theory deriving from the review of personal characters in the Eastern Han Dynasty unveils the significance of ＂Ch'i.＂ By studying the academic background, the history of ideology, and the literary system of ＂Ch'i＂ in Wenxindiaolong, people can understand more the essence of humanity the ＂Ch'i＂ displays. It is true that the previous studies concerning Liu Xie's literary theory of Ch'i did have some discoveries. However, they were less studied from the bodily perspective of self-cultivation and levels of state of mind for constructive and integrated knowledge in Liu Xie's literary theory of Ch'i. Thus, the thesis focuses on the texts of Wenxindiaolong and aims to study its related issues in detail for discovering the canonical significance of Liu Xie's literary theory of Ch'i anew