From Ancient Chinese Philosophers' Theories to Novel Style——On Literary Style Development of the "Novelist" in Han Zhi(Records of Han Dynasty)

From Qin Dynasty to Han Dynasty,Shuo(novel) was a broadly used concept with very complicated connotation.Shuo's two dictionary items,joy and saying,have influenced people's understanding of the term Xiaoshuojia(novelist) in Han Zhi(Records of Han Dynasty).In works of ten ancient Chinese philosophers in Han Zhi,only novels were titled as Shuo.In Han Zhi,this part was categorized as Novelists,which adopted the saying meaning of the character Shuo.The consciousness of literature style,made Shuo become a literary style concept.Xiaoshuo(novel) gradually developed from Zhuzi novels to a literary style.