Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for generating an article. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: generating an article outline on the basis of an input article topic and any one of an outline model, an outline database established according to user behavior data of a corresponding article topic, and a manually set outline; extracting, from a pre-established material library, a material associated with the feature of the article outline; and inserting the extracted material into the article outline to obtain a generated article.