Music and literature are two inborn brothers, they supplement each other and interact with each other, they are the two basic measures that people use to seize the beauty of nature and life. When we make a brief review of the history of music and literature, we will easily find that there is close relationship between them. From ancient time, Middle Ages, “The Baroque Era” to the “Rococo Style”, Romanticism, music and literature developed in parallel. Music was directly influenced by literature and literature was reflected by music in turn. This mainly presented in the following aspects: 1. Music technique used the artistic concept of literature to draw a picture; 2. Many music was directly inspired by poems; 3. Large amount of literature works of famous poets was composed by musician; 4. Many drama literature were adapted to opera. This paper hopes to offer a new perspective in the future investigation of both music and literature research and teaching.