Liu Xie established a strong tradition of Confucianism metaphor concept with the purpose of Yuan Dao, Zheng Sheng and Zong Jing. He expounded his metaphor theory about the meaning of metaphor, the division of metaphor vehi-cles, the categories of metaphor, the use of metaphor, the function of metaphor as well as relations between metaphor and other literary styles in the article of “Bi Xing”. He made a creative and systematic exploration, demonstrating the basic appearance of metaphor comprehensively, which had a profound impact on ancient Chinese rhetoric and literary criticism.%刘勰以“原道”“征圣”“宗经”为论文宗旨,建立了具有浓厚传统儒家思想的比喻观。他在《比兴》一篇中集中阐述了其比喻理论,对比喻的含义、喻体的划分、比喻的类别、如何运用比喻、比喻的功用以及比喻与其他文体的关系等方面,做出了创造性、系统化的探讨,较为全面地展现了比喻辞格的基本面貌,对中国古代的修辞学和文学批评学都产生了深远的影响。
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