The Love Lotus Theory and the Notes for Reading Herb Hall were both ancient Chinese novels, but their authors wrote them for slightly different purposes. "Love Lotus" was an essay written by Bai Juyi, a writer of the Tang Dynasty. It mainly talked about the author's love for lotus flowers and the philosophy and enlightenment he felt from it. This article aims to express the author's view on life through the description of lotus flowers, emphasizing that human beings 'nobleness and purity have profound cultural implications. In comparison," Notes for Yuewei Cottage " was a novel written by Ji Yun, a writer of the Qing Dynasty. It mainly told the life story of a group of scholars in Yuewei Cottage. This article aims to describe the comfortable life of these scholars and the topics they discussed to show the style and cultural characteristics of ancient Chinese scholars. It has a strong academic research nature. Therefore, we can see that the writing purpose of Lotus Theory and Yuewei Cottage Notes is different. The Love Lotus Theory was a prose that mainly expressed the love for lotus flowers and the philosophy felt from it, while the Weiyue Cottage Notes was a novel that focused more on the life and culture of ancient Chinese literati.