Two of the prime examples are from the scholar Liu Xie and his text Wenxin Diaolong or The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons and Xiao Tong with his text Wenxuan.

Liu Xie put forward the concept of emotion and diction? The issue of artistic emotion was deeply related.

Liu-Xie expresses his literature educational thoughts in Wen Xin Diao Long, and affirms the function of literature in serving society and the educational functions of literature.