1. "The weathervane of temperament and the law of gods" are two aspects of the function of Qiyun. "The Law of the Gods" refers to the charm of articles and literature, and is the essence of art. The universal laws of the external world presented by art govern the world, nature, politics and personnel. The order of the universe and the harmony of the world are the ideal realm pursued by art. Therefore, art should be consistent with the laws of the entire universe and human relationships. This consistency is achieved through the emotional and sensory feelings of the individual psychology. Only when the emotions expressed in art are consistent with the order of the universe, the harmony of interpersonal relationships, and the body and mind of the human body can they interact with each other. Therefore, the emotions of art must communicate, echo, and be consistent with the "laws of the gods", and the latter should be the form, order, and logic that emotions should have. This is the "weather of temperament."
From: Xiao Zixian's "Book of Southern Qi Literary Biography"
The original text is as follows: The author is the weathervane of temperament, the law of the gods, contains thoughts and inner movements, Let the words fall off
The paper has a natural charm. ("Book of Southern Qi Literary Biography")
2. This is Xiao Tong's standard for editing anthologies. This is also Xiao Tong’s definition of literature.
Shi refers to the object described in the work; meditation refers to the deep conception; meaning refers to the content of the thought; Hanzao refers to the diction of the work. This means that the objects described in literary works have positive significance, the expression of content and the arrangement of form have been deeply conceived and imagined by the author, and the artistic forms such as diction, melody, and allusions are relatively particular. This sentence shows that Xiao Tong understood the difference between literature and history and other academic works, and it can also be used as a symbol to distinguish literature and history.
This sentence comes from Xiao Tong's "Selected Works".
Original text: As for the history of recorded events, it is a book of years, so it praises right and wrong, notes similarities and differences, and writes the same chapter. If the diction of the summary of his praise and commentary is wrong and the elegance of the preface is wrong, the matter comes from contemplation, and the meaning comes from Han Zao. Therefore, there are many chapters with my husband, and they are mixed together.
PS. The poster seems to have written it wrong, "Hanzao" is not "Hanzao".
3. This is the author’s definition of “literary”.
Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang Yuan Dynasty explained the distinction between writing styles in "Jinlouzi Liyan Pian": "If you are extremely inconvenient, you can write poems like Yan Zhuan, and if you are good at writing poems, you can be like Bosong. Wei's pen. Those who chant wind ballads and linger in mourning are called "wen". He believes that those who chant wind ballads and linger in mourning are "wen", and "those who chant wind ballads and linger in mourning" were basically used in rhyme before the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The article was written.
Little knowledge: The first person to have the concept of "literary" should be Wang Chong. He said in his "Lunheng"; The reporter who wrote the book and wrote it is a scholar, who can think carefully and connect the chapters. Therefore, the Confucian scholar is better than the layman, and the scholar is better than the scholar. He believes that the scholar is better than the scholar. "Shu Memorial Notes", "Elaborate Thoughts and Compositions, Connecting Chapters", etc. were done by literati and Confucian scholars. They already have an independent meaning of literature, and these prose works have been regarded as essays. Later, it was precisely because literature became a literary profession that the literary style flourished. Then the theory of rhythm came into being, and "wen" as a literary style appeared. Because "wen" is a rhymed article, "wen" as a subject matter also appeared with the emergence of rhythm! "Southern History·Fan Ye's Biography" says: "Among the young men, Xie Zhuang is the most distinguished. The handwriting is not easy, because the writing does not stick to rhyme." Fan and Xie were the people who knew the rhythm in the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty. They believed that "wen" It should be an article with rhyme, otherwise you wouldn't be able to say "it's because the article doesn't stick to rhyme". This sentence in "Jinlouzi Liyan Pian" written by Xiao Yi, Emperor Yuan of Liang Dynasty, is a further explanation of the distinction between writing styles.