Modern news report, though derived from traditional feature story, is not the result of its natural transmutation, but the product of the social customs, transmission circumstances, ideas on stylistics, mood of thinking, and development of science and technology of the time.

Since the 1990 s,documentary writing has tended to concern itself in individuals and their daily life and has thus enhanced its aesthetic value.

Back to nature again after refining and polishing-A general survey at contemporary documentary literature;

One of the important features of documentary literature is its "reality",which keeps many valuable "historical materials"for posterity.

In ancient Chinese learning, the school of the application mainly consisted of “seek truth from facts”, “make study service practice purpose” and “put history to use", which just made up of the most essential aspect of the relationship between Mao Ze-dong and the tradition of the school of application.

The literature tradition and literature creation have between them the dialectical relation:combining with the literature traditional literature can create consciousness and get the value and the power.

One of the European literature tradition is using different materials to describe that man dissimilates into an animal as well as its sufferings and mental outlook after it.

Tradition is an old topic, which can be feeled in the literature domain at times, but because of being too familiar with it, people ignore the practical significance of literature tradition regarding to the modern world.