On Dialog Style and Supposition Style from Literary Form

Dialog style and Supposition style are two types of Xuan,and they are traced back to Xin Diao Long. The appearance of Dialog style is closely related to speech acts of early human. The establishment of Dialog style is traced back to The king asked of Song yu. Dialog style and Supposition style are included in the Fu of Guests and Hosts in the Miscellaneous Fu of the poetical category of Hanshu Yiwenzhi in all probability. There are differences between Dialog style and Supposition style,but they are often discussed generally together. The titles of two styles are changed constantly in the later,such as Wen Da,Wen Dui,She Nan,Wen Nan,Da Wen,She Ciand so on. As small styles,they are unable to contend with the large styles,so they are often included in Za Wen,Za Zhu,Ci Fuof the later literature collections,and lost independent style status gradually.