Exploring the Inheritance and New Changes in Pre-Qin Literature in Cao Zhi’s “Luoshen Fu” Using Network Textual Analysis

Through network textual analysis, this paper explores the inheritance and development of Cao Zhi’s Luoshen Fu on pre-Qin literature, revealing its innovations in linguistic style, emotional expression and literary concepts. In-depth discussion of Cao Zhi’s Luoshen Fu on the inheritance and innovation of pre-Qin literature. The study firstly analyzes the main themes and emotional tendencies of Luoshen Fu by modeling textual themes through natural language processing techniques. In the word distribution analysis, we find that the frequency of verb and noun usage in Luoshen Fu is 221‰ and 178‰, respectively, which is significantly higher than the average level of pre-Qin literature (232‰ and 140‰). In addition, Luoshen Fu demonstrates more complex and rich emotional changes in the emotional analysis than Li Sao. By calculating the information entropy value of Luoshen Fu (10.5), compared with the average level of pre-Qin literature (9.8), it reflects its richness and innovation in vocabulary use. Luoshen Fu demonstrates remarkable innovation in language style, emotional expression, and literary concepts while demonstrating a profound ancestry in pre-Qin literature.