The Relationship between the Literature Criticism of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Study of Poetics in the Study of Confucian Classics

The study of Confucian classics reflects the value system of Chinese culture. In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a close relationship between the study of Confucian classics and literature, or there was no absolute boundary between them. In particular, the literature of literary criticism in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties had a close relationship with Poetics in the Confucian classics. It can be seen from some literature comments that they are mostly influenced by the poetry teaching concepts in Poetics. This paper aims to expatiate on the relationship and interaction between the literary criticism in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the study of Poetics in the study of Confucian classics.