As an important component of the whole Chinese literature, Ethnic literature has been researched as early as the beginning of the last century and has more than a century of systematic development after liberation. Nevertheless, judging from the entire Chinese literature research overall, the research of the ethnic literature is not enough because of relatively narrow scope, the scarce of authors and their works, compared with Han literature research whether at the macro （as a holistic concept） and micro （specific authors and works）aspects. Therefore ethnic literature is a weak link in the area of present Chinese literature study, and needs a further development. Researchers should pay more attention to it, and give it a comprehensive systematic, coherent, and logical research to grasp comprehensively.