Liu Xie

Liu Xie , courtesy name Yanhe , is the of China's greatest work of literary aesthetics, ''The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons''. Liu was a native of today's Zhenjiang, his ancestry was from around Shandong and died during the Liang Dynasty. His biography is included in the ''Liangshu''. Liu Xie was a devout Buddhist and helped edit sutras at the Dinglin Monastery until his death.