《文心雕龙.通变》与《传统与个人才能》是中西文论中阐述文学的继承与发展问题的代表性作品。“宗经”是刘勰一以贯之的文学主张,这正如艾略特强调传统对于文学创作的重要意义一样,两者对于文学经典和由此构成的文学传统的青睐,源于并服务于他们对文学创新的追求。两篇诞生于不同历史文化背景的文论著作,共同传达出了对文学经典与传统的关注和认同,它们所倡导的文学在继承基础上的发展,对当今的文学创新依然具有启发意义。 “Literary Mind and Carving Dragons. Tonghua” and “Tradition and Individual Talent” are the representative works that expound the inheritance and development of literature in Chinese and Western literary theory. “Sutra” is Liu’s consistent literary proposition. Just as Eliot emphasized the importance of tradition in literary creation, both of them favor the literary classics and the literary traditions formed by them, deriving from and serving them The pursuit of literary innovation. Two literary writings originating from different historical and cultural backgrounds jointly convey the concern and recognition of the literary canon and tradition. The development of the literature they advocate on the basis of inheritance is still instructive for today’s literary innovation.