「不即不離」本佛家語，文論家和美學家將其說引入創作、鑒賞活動中，用來描述創作特徵和審美規律之體驗過程，最主要是因為禪和詩都「不離文字」，又都「不在文字」。本文旨在透過「不即不離」說的思維模式，說明其在文學創作理論及鑒賞理論中的審美活動。

　　　　　"Not too close, not too far"(pu-chi pu-li) is original a Buddhist term. Literary theorists and aethericians introduce it to the areas of literarure creativitity and appreciation and use it to describe the characteristics of creative and appreciative experience. Why are they doing so is because both Buddhism and poetry are "not too close and not too far" from language. The prupose of this essay is to elaborate the application of this theory in the activities of literary creativity and appreciation.