Complex sentence: Liu Xie (fl.5th century), courtesy name Yanhe (彦和), is the Chinese author of China's greatest work of literary aesthetics, "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons".
Split into simpler sentences: Liu Xie (fl.5th century), courtesy name Yanhe (彦和), was a Chinese writer. He was the author of China's greatest work of literary aesthetics, "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons".