“四萧”对文学政治功能的重视,同儒家诗教有着明显的血脉联系,他们在继承其基本内涵的同时更融入了自己的见解。与传统“风教”论相比,他们的观点蕴涵了两大新的指向:一是把政治功利的载体主要限制于儒家典籍,而非纯文学作品,二是推崇“风教”的“修身”功能,从而与社会兴衰治乱的主旨有所偏离。 The importance of “Si Xiao” on literary and political functions has obvious connection with Confucian poetic teaching. They inherit their basic connotation and at the same time incorporate their own opinions. Compared with the tradition of “teaching in the atmosphere”, their views imply two new points: First, the main carrier of political utility is limited to Confucian classics, not purely literary works; second, "Function, which deviates from the main theme of the rise and fall of society.