Chinese Journal of Literary Criticism

No.4, 2023

Between “Conversion” and “Interpretation”: The Modern Significance of Classical Literature Theories from the Perspective of Hermeneutics

(Abstract)

Li Chunqing

Hermeneutics is a way of discovering and constructing meaning. However, not all ancient remains have interpretive value, so there is a need to be selective. Selection determines what can become the object of interpretation, and our recognition of the object of interpretation at the knowledge level, understanding of it at the meaning level, and judgment at the value level are the three interrelated processes in interpretation. The modern significance of classical literature is generated in this process of interpretation.