History and Novel A Brief Review of the Development of Novel Concept

The concept of novel receives so much influence from historical works in its development that it is regarded as “the superabundance of history”. In the final analysis, it is Confucian idea and reality based on history but not reality based on art that become standard to estimate novel. Tang story becomes a mark that represents novel’s deviation from history and gaining independence.From then on, novel begins to receive attention as a writing style. The appearance of review and commentary, the compilation of hua ben, and the imitation of hua ben promote the development of the concept of novel. Jin Sheng-tan plays a key role in establishing Chinses classical novels.