Narrative covers lyricism in the broad sense, while it is juxtaposed with lyricism in the narrow sense. In today's scholarship, the efforts have been made to integrate issues related to lyricism into the theoretical system of narratology. It may not be necessary to put forward lyrical tradition beyond narrative tradition in the west, but in China it is important to pervade the culture of historiography and seek the real source of literary tradition from the poetic perspective. Narratology should not be a "heartless" science, and the study of narrative tradition should not ignore the distinguished features of its own context. Attention to symphonic resonance performed by both narrative and lyrical traditions may avoid the one-sided view on problems from single perspective.