: "A genre doesn't have to have societies, publications and declarations. As long as there are writers who have the same pursuit in art and have certain social influence, it can be counted as a genre. As advocated by the Literature Research Association, write' blood and tears'? The Creative Society advocates subjective lyricism, the Diaosi Society pays attention to social satire, and the Analects Society advocates humor. They all have the same artistic pursuit and have certain influence, which can obviously be regarded as a genre. " -Qiu Editor-in-Chief "Art Research of Modern Literature Schools in China".
Literary genre is a very broad concept with different divisions in time and space. Chinese and western literary genres are different, so are ancient, modern and contemporary literary genres. The key is how to divide it.