This book is a literary monograph on the study of Wen Xin Diao Long. In the research history of Wen Xin Diao Long, it is the first time that the research object is devoted to its literary and ideological origins. Starting from the internal evidence of the whole book, it comprehensively and three-dimensionally analyzes the ideological influence of philosophical schools of thought such as Confucianism, Taoism, Militaryism, Legalism, Zongheng, Yin-Yang, Prophecy and Wei-Jin metaphysics on the writing of Wen Xin Diao Long from the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. It occasionally discusses Liu Ji''s acquisition and application of artistic theories such as music, calligraphy, and painting. The study pointed out that Wen Xin Diao Long is a product of Confucianism and a hundred schools of thought, and it is another "e;theoretical self-consciousness"e; of literary theory in the era of "e;literary self-consciousness"e;.