Abstract：For disproving the occidental bias of describing Chinese as pictographic,and changing the studies of Chinese poetics from impressional,subjective mode into serious,objective mode,James J.Y.Liu critically discussed various aspects of Chinese poetry language by consulting academic discourse of New Criticism.In this course,he wasn't restricted the ready-made theories of Empson etc,but testified the characteristics of Chinese poetry language adequately by combining the studies of language with the studies of social context and cultural tradition.He considered that both the language analysis and poetics concept research could jointly provide the stable base of methodology of Chinese poetics.And his work would help us discussing the methods and modes of Chinese poetics studies fundamentally.
