What if someone sends a text message to slander me?

Settle through consultation, or mediate by a third party (such as the People's Mediation Committee), or bring a lawsuit to the court according to law. According to the second paragraph of Article 246 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the crime of libel refers to the deliberate fabrication and dissemination of fictional facts, which is enough to degrade the personality and reputation of others and the circumstances are serious. Article 246 Whoever publicly insults others by violence or other means or fabricates facts to slander others, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.