Abstract
This paper starts with a discussion of Liu Xizai's General Principles of Art so as to investigate the ethics of modern interpretation of Chinese classical literary theory. The two aims of the paper are to connect the ethical spaces between classics and the modern interpretations and to elucidate an approach through the example of Liu Xizai's work. The paper proposes three ways to approach Liu Xizai's original work: to clarify the concepts in their original context, to trace the original trajectory of reasoning in the genealogy of tradition, and to interpret and pay due respect for the moral integrity reflected in the work, so that the approach may tackle with the issues of aesthetics, intellects and psychology.
First Page
107
Last Page
122
Recommended Citation
Xia, Zhongyi. 2015. "The Ethics of Modern Interpretation of Classical Literary Theory: An Investigation through Liu Xizai's General Principles of Art." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 35, (1): pp.107-122. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss1/21
