关于什么是应用文的争论由来已久，众说绘纭。但争论之中也有共识，即：应用文乃非文学之文，“应用性”或“功用性”是应用文的基本特征。本文拟从写作原理的角度出发，通过对应用文和文学作品的比较，进一步探讨应用文的特征。１　写作是人的一种特殊的精神生产活动。就本质 There is a long history of controversy over what is meant by the application text. However, there is also a consensus among the arguments that application of texts is a non-literary text, and “application” or “utility” is the basic characteristic of an application. This article tries to further discuss the characteristics of applied text through the comparison of correspondence between application and literature from the perspective of writing principle. Writing is a special kind of mental activity. On the nature