What kind of literary style is it?

It is said to be a literary style used in ancient times to explain things through narrative, discussion or explanation. It can also be used to make discussions or record narratives, all in order to illustrate a truth. Narration often uses an event or phenomenon to express the author's views on certain things or issues. The length is generally not long. Generally similar to essays.

"Shuo" means "to talk about". For example, "Ma Shuo" or "Shuo Ma" can literally be interpreted as "Talk about a thousand-mile horse" or "Talk about a thousand-mile horse's problem." "Ailian's theory", "Horse's theory", "Snake catcher's theory", "Shi's theory", "Huang Sheng's theory of borrowing books", "Wen's theory", etc. belong to this literary style.

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Talk about the characteristics of the style:

1. The content is mostly one thing, one discussion, that is, one thing or one phenomenon is used to describe it. Expressing the author's views on certain things or issues, it often has the characteristics of seeing the big from the small and holding the implication of things. The language spoken is usually concise and clear, with profound meaning; the writing style is flexible, generally similar to modern essays, and usually adopts the method of seeing the big from the small.

2. The formal expression is the combination of narrative and discussion, or narration first and then discussion, or discussion first and then narration, or narration and discussion at the same time, but the basic principle is that description is the basis for discussion, and discussion is born from description, so Its core is discussion.