In ancient China, scholarly writing was also regarded as a form of literary expression, subject to aesthetic appreciation. Even Zhang Xuecheng's Wenshi Tong-yi and Lu Xun's Brief History of Chinese Fiction display excellent literary style, although they are academic works.
在中國古代，學術論著也是文章，具備審美性質，即使晚近章學誠的《文史通義》，魯迅的《中國小說史略》，既是學問，文章也非常漂亮。