Yu Laiming 
aA Conceptual History of Literature 

What is "Literature"? Since the rise of modern literature in the West in the early 19th century, scholars at home and abroad have been giving their own answers to these questions. Based on the historical background of the collision and blending of Chinese and Western cultures in modern times, the author of this paper uses detailed and meticulous textual research and discussion to investigate and sort out the evolution process of the core concept of "Literature" in Chinese history from the perspective of etymology, and clearly reveals the changing characteristics of the concept of "Literature" in China.