The bidirectional characteristic of Chinese language results in two styles of classical literary criticism in China, characterized by terseness and redundancy, respectively.

• 摘要汉字的“象性”构造和多样性外衍指向，使古代文论的表达具有简约和繁复两种风格。对于深刻的义理用以少总多或具象隐喻“一语而尽”；