I would say the question we ought to ask is this: If the Chinese had no epic poetry, why is it that from Du Fu to Huang Zunxian they poeticized narrative, thereby creating an endless supply of epic poetry?
需要追問的，應該是：為何中國人不要史詩，反而從杜甫到黃遵憲，把敘事給詩情化，因而有源源不絕的詩史？