“诗言志”与“摹仿说”分别是中西文论发展的源头。他们对中西方文论和文化的影响至今依然存在,本文想从源头上简单梳理这两种文艺观点的历史流变,找到它们的同中之异和异中之同,以期揭示中西文学之不同的真正原因。 “Poem Expressions” and “Imitation Theory” respectively are the source of the development of Chinese and Western literary theories. Their influence on literary theory and culture in China and the West still exists. This article tries to sort out the historical changes of the two literary views from the source and find the similarities and differences among them, in order to reveal the differences between Chinese and western literature The real reason.