Chi-liang literature is famous of its “decoration,” but this view was based on observation of literary works. The decoration, the allusion using, and the description had become the most distinctive features of Chi-liang literature. However, scholars of literary theory, like Xiao Zi-xian, Liu Xie, or Zhong Rong, were ambivalent about these decorative skills. On the one hand, they criticized the “decoration.” On the other, they accepted them with reservation. The above elaboration had facilitated the compromised school. In this paper, I try to discuss the decorative carving and other literary skills. This paper has three objectives. First, I hope to rediscover the “three schools” of Chi-liang literary theories. Second, I hope to discuss differences among Chi-liang literary theories. Third, I hope to find the other route besides monism and dualism. Maybe we will discover that there is no “unity” of Chi-liang literary theories.