Liu Xie

Liu Xie (Chinese: 劉勰; pinyin: Liú Xié, ca. 465–522^[1]), courtesy name Yanhe (彦和), was a Chinese monk, politician, and writer. He was the author of China's greatest work of literary aesthetics, The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (文心雕龍). His biography is included in the Liangshu.

A native of today's Zhenjiang, Liu's traced his ancestry to Shandong. He was orphaned in his youth and chose not to marry, either because of poverty or conviction (or both). Liu studied Buddhism with Sengyou and helped edit sutras at the (定林寺) until his death during the Liang Dynasty.

Psychology experiment[]

Liu Xie conducted a psychology experiment by asking his subjects to draw a circle on a piece of paper with one hand, while the other hand tried to simultaneously draw a square. This test was to measure the level of distraction that could be managed by his subjects. As Liu observed, his students, who were the subjects of his experiment, struggled to perform both tasks simultaneously. What Liu's experiment had demonstrated was that by doing two experiments at once will mean that neither experiment is done correctly.^[2]

References[]

• Yang, Mingzhao, "Liu Xie". Encyclopedia of China (Chinese Literature Edition), 1st ed.

External links[]

• Works by Xie Liu at Project Gutenberg

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