表述宗教信仰的文学作品。具有强烈的宗教色彩，哲理性强，思考深髓，文字简练，以达到说理与、教导与感化人的目的。
从本质上将，这不是一个独立的文学体裁。每一篇经类作品，都可以归纳为其它的文学类别。比如道教文学，就可以细分为：道教诗，道教词，道教散文，道教小说和道情。老子的《道德经》，就是典型的古诗。
Expressed religious literature. Has a strong religious, philosophical and strong, deep thinking marrow, the text concise, to achieve the reasoning and to educate people with the purpose of probation.
Nature will, this is not a separate literary genre. After each one kind of work, can be grouped into other literary types. Such as Taoist literature, may be divided into: Taoist poetry, the word Taoism, Taoist prose, fiction and affections of Taoism. Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" is a typical poem.