Condolence writings,laments,memorial speeches,and funeral orations all belong to the mourning genre.They are closely related in terms of stylistic functions,language forms,and application ob-jects.However,as four independent literary styles,they are different in the origin and evolution,content,and application scope.Liu Xie discusses the styles in the same or adjacent chapters in his Wenxin Dia-olong,which reflects his classification standards for literary styles.The analysis of condolence writings,la-ments,memorial speeches and funeral orations in Wenxin Diaolong can help to distinguish between literary styles and further clarify the stylistic characteristics of condolence writings.
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