李卓吾(贄)為明代中晚期之思想家，後人或歸之為王學左派。其著作甚 富，影響深遠。本文乃專就其文學理論探究之。除前言、結語外，凡分四部分: 一、李卓吾之生平與著述，介紹其姓氏字號，里籍仕宦，學道經過與著述緣由及 晚年受迫入獄與自戕，著述則舉其重要者略述之。二、李卓吾文學理論之背景， 分時代背景與個人思想二方面論文，以期了解其文舉理論之產生緣由。三、李卓 吾文學理論之內容，分創作論、欣賞論、文體論三項論之，此為本文之重心所在。 四、李卓吾文學理論之影響，分對當代與對後代二方面論之，以見其影響層面之 廣闊與時間之久遠。

　　　　　Chou-wu Li, a thinker during the Period from the middle to the late MingDynasty, is classfied into the Radical branch of Wong-ying Ming's School ofThought by later generations. He is a versatile writer and thus has greatinfluence on Chinese literature. The main purpose of this paper is to explore his literature theories. Inaddition to an Introduction and a Concluson, the paper is further divided intofour parts. Part one concerns about Chou-wu Li's life and his works: hisnames, his hometown, his service in the government, the development of histhoughts, his main writings, his imprisonment and his committing suicide. Parttwo discusses the background of his literature theories: In order to understandthe origin of his literature theories, I discussed the social, the political and theliterature situations of his time and then his own ideas in literature. Part threeexamines the contents of his literature theories: the theory of creative writing,the theory of appreciation, and the theory of writing styles. This section is themain focus of this paper. Part four argues about the influence of Chou-wu Li'sliterature theories: With a view of proving his influence was both extensive andeverlasting, I discussed the impact of his ideas on his contemporaries as well ason the later generations.