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刘勰

劉勰
Liú Xié
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Liu Xie (c. 465–c. 520), literary critic of the Southern Dynasties, author of The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons

Examples

HSK 6
刘勰是南朝的文学评论家。
Liú Xié shì Náncháo de wénxué pínglùnjiā.
Liu Xie was a literary critic of the Southern Dynasties.
HSK 7-9
刘勰家里很穷，年轻时住在寺庙里，读了大量的书。
Liú Xié jiālǐ hěn qióng, niánqīng shí zhù zài sìmiào lǐ, dú le dàliàng de shū.
Liu Xie came from a poor family; as a young man he lived in a temple and read a great many books.

Tips

history
Orphaned young and too poor to marry, he lived for more than ten years with the monk 僧祐 at the 定林寺 near 建康, helping to sort the temple's Buddhist scriptures. He finished 《文心雕龙》 around 501, later served in the household of the crown prince 萧统, and at the end of his life became a monk himself.
culture
At first no one paid his book any attention, so he waited by the road for the great writer 沈约, dressed like a peddler, and showed it to him at his carriage. Shen Yue read it, praised it highly and kept it on his desk.

Stroke Order

刘 Liú
勰 xié