The author considers that it ought to strive to assimilate the positive outcome of modern science in the course of formation
of the contemporary
literary historical views on the condition not to violate the principle of dialectical materialism, which is the scientific basis of literary history; That the Chinese literary history should be a history of various Chinese national
literatures which were influenced and promoted by each other; That the development of Chinese literature from unconscious one to self-conscious one underwent incessant reforms and enrichment of literary theoretical views and literary genres; That it ought to take into consideration the different social conditions for the period-divisions in literary history, thus dividing it into three periods of ancient times, middle ages and modern times according to the development of literature itself; That we must absorb the recent achievements in the literary researches on the similarities and differences of various Chinese national literatures related with each other.