This sentence comes from Xie's biography of Wen Xin Diao Long in the Southern Dynasties. Exceed, surpass. Xuanzang, Gao Che, and clothes worn by ancient doctors are symbols of official position. Kill, kill. Axe graupel, an ancient instrument of torture.
Being praised in history books is more glorious than being a big official; Being reprimanded is worse than being punished with an axe. This sentence shows that the praise and criticism of history books has a great relationship with a person's position and honor and disgrace in history, which is intended to emphasize that people in history books should be cautious in judging characters, and praise and criticism should be objective and fair.
The Influence of Wen Xin Diao Long
The book Wen Xin Diao Long consists of ten volumes and fifty articles, divided into two parts. It discusses important issues in literary activities, such as the discussion of literary ontology, literary creation, criticism and development, which promotes the development of literary theory research. The book is rigorous in structure and diverse in language style, which also inspired the literary creation of later generations. At the same time, Wen Xin Diao Long also preserved the records of folk culture and geographical history, which attracted many concerns.
As a literary theory work, Wen Xin Diao Long has been widely studied since its publication, and there has been an upsurge of dragon research in modern times. Internationally, Wen Xin Diao Long also has an important influence. Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other Asian countries have specialized research, and western scholars have also discussed some important propositions.