《世说新语》在中国小说史上堪称“世说体”的最高范本,它的文体特色主要在于以类相从的分类编排的体例和记言为主的语录体特色;同时还有其内在的写作手法和整体的精神特质。它独特的文体生成,主要上承了《论语》和《说苑》的分类编纂的体例和记言为主、“掇拾旧闻”的编写方式;此外的关键因素在于它所处的魏晋南北朝典型的士族社会背景和编纂者刘义庆及其幕府文士作为“士”和“文人”的精神追求。《世说新语》的文本构成(仅就其记述形态而言)大致可分为偏于记言、偏于记事、记事兼记言三种。从对它们之间的内在联系及各自特点的探讨中可窥见以上因素对其文体生成的决定性作用。由此可知,“世说体”作为一种相当独特而具有成熟形态的文体,其文体特色的形成是历史与现实共同作用的结果。 “Shi Shuo Xin Yu” is the highest model in the history of Chinese novels, and its stylistic features mainly consist of the classification and arrangement of narratives based on the analogy of the phases and the features of quotations on the basis of the memorials. At the same time Has its own internal writing techniques and overall spiritual characteristics. Its unique stylistic formation mainly inherits the classification and compilation style of the Analects of Confucius and Shuoyuan, and compiles the way of sorting out the old news. In addition, the key factor lies in the way in which Wei Jin The typical patriarchal clan social background and compilers of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liu Yiqing and their shogunate literati, are the spiritual pursuits of “scholar ” and “scholar ”. The textual composition of “Shi Shuo Xin Yu” (only in terms of its narrative form) can be broadly divided into three types, which are partial to the memorial, partial to the memo, memorized and recorded. From the internal relations between them and their own characteristics can be seen in the above factors on the stylistic formation of its decisive role. From this it can be seen that “Shi Shuo ” as a rather unique and mature style of style, the formation of its stylistic features is the result of the combination of history and reality.