《梁书·刘勰传》出自曾任梁代史官的姚察之手，应是评述刘勰及其著作的重要依据。从姚察仕宦和著书的经历与李延寿及其《南史·刘勰传》相比较，阐明姚书刘传具有不可代替的文本意义和史料价值。以此为立论点，对《文心雕龙》的思想倾向、刘勰的门第及其是否参与编纂《昭明文选》等问题，作出了与时下论者有所不同的阐释 “Liang Shu Liu Chuan Biography” from Yao Zhaoyuan, a historian of Liang Dynasty, should be an important basis for commenting on Liu Xie and his writings. The comparison of Yao Zhashi’s official career and the book’s experience with that of Li Yan-shou and his biography of Nan Shi Liu Jie shows that Yao Shu Liu Chuan has irreplaceable meaning and historic value. Taking this as a standpoint, we make some explanations about the ideological tendencies of “Wen Xin Diao Long”, the first chapter of Liu Xie and whether or not they participated in the compilation of the “Selected Works of Zhao Ming”