") ▁which ▁interpreted ▁the ▁nov els ▁using ▁a ▁voc ab ul ary ▁and ▁critical ▁standards ▁which ▁up ▁to ▁then ▁had ▁been ▁limited ▁to ▁poetry ▁and ▁painting . ▁This ▁innov ation ▁raised ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁fiction ▁for ▁Chinese ▁readers ▁and ▁made ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁fiction ▁into ▁a ▁respect able ▁activity ▁for ▁educated ▁people . ▁ ▁Jin ▁believed ▁that ▁only ▁the ▁em peror ▁and ▁wise ▁s ages ▁could ▁truly ▁" author " ▁a ▁work . ▁ ▁He ▁points ▁out ▁that ▁even ▁Conf u cius ▁took ▁p ains ▁to ▁avoid ▁being ▁named ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁Spring ▁and ▁Aut umn ▁Ann als . ▁ ▁In ▁Jin ' s ▁view , ▁the ▁author ing ▁of ▁books ▁by ▁common ers ▁would ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁und erm ining ▁of ▁heaven ly ▁order ▁and ▁peace . ▁ ▁He ▁saw ▁his ▁comment ary ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁minim ize ▁the ▁damage ▁caused ▁by ▁books ▁" author ed " ▁by ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁un worth y ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁In ▁writing ▁his ▁comment aries , ▁Jin ▁firm ly ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁that ▁was ▁written ▁should ▁be ▁read ▁on ▁its ▁own ▁terms , ▁apart ▁from ▁reality . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁comment ary ▁on ▁Rom ance ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁Chamber , ▁he ▁wrote , ▁" the ▁meaning ▁lies ▁in ▁the ▁writing , ▁and ▁does ▁not ▁lie ▁in ▁the ▁event ". ▁ ▁In ▁other ▁words , ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁story ▁that ▁is ▁written ▁that ▁matters , ▁rather ▁than ▁how ▁well ▁that ▁story ▁em ul ates ▁reality . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time