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The Art of Writing

work by Lu Ji

Also known as: “Wen fu”, “Wenfu”

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discussed in biography

In Lu Ji
The Art of Writing), a subtle and important work of literary criticism that defines and demonstrates the principles of composition with rare insight and precision.
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significance as Chinese literature

In Chinese literature: Prose
…celebrated essay on literature (Wenfu), in which he enunciated this principle, was written as a fu, showing after all that he was a child of his own age. The 3rd/4th-century Daoist philosopher Ge Hong insisted that technique is no less essential to a writer than moral integrity. The revolt…
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