The name "novel" existed long ago in ancient China. According to "Raising Sheep" in "Zhuangzi", it once said: "It is far from big to decorate novels for county magistrates." The word "novel" here means trivial remarks. Another example is: There is a category called "Novelist" in the Records of the Arts and Literature of Han Dynasty, which lists 15 kinds of books, which are considered to be "created by rumors and hearsay". It is pointed out that "novel" itself has fictional significance in it. There is no doubt that this inheritance relationship exists in future novels.
Fiction is a literary genre that is juxtaposed with poetry, prose and drama literature. The earliest origin of China's novels is ancient myths and legends. The formation and development of China's ancient novels were later than poetry, and developed with the rise and prosperity of urban commerce and handicrafts. In the Tang Dynasty, "meaning novel" (Lu Xun's language). The basic feature of the novel is that it reflects the social life widely through the detailed description of characters, plots and environments with the help of fiction and imagination.
Character, plot and environment are the three elements of a novel. You can freely use various expressive techniques and flexibly change the narrative angle without being limited by time, space and real people. It can describe all kinds of characters in depth and detail by describing their language, movements, appearance, psychological activities, natural scenery, social environment, etc., and fully and concretely express the social outlook and spiritual outlook of a certain era.