The earliest and most influential criticism mode in traditional criticism mode is

Ethical criticism is China's earliest and most influential way of criticism.

Moral criticism mode is one of the five western literary criticism modes. The theoretical core of moral criticism is that the value of literature and art lies not only in form, but also in content.

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Eliot declared: "Although we should bear in mind that literature may be measured by literary standards, the greatness of literature cannot be measured by literary standards." The mode of moral criticism attaches great importance to the content of literary and artistic works and its function and influence on readers, especially moral influence.

In this way, those critics who hold a moral criticism view of "the greatness of literature" will focus on "the moral purification function of great literature" in the practice of literary criticism. It can be said that among all literary criticism modes, moral criticism mode has the longest history. Plato's Republic noted the influence of literature and art on morality.