Mo Bosang is good at intercepting typical fragments from trivial matters and generalizing the truth of life from small to large. Mo Bosang's realistic method of striving for truth and nature is inseparable from his artistic thought of typification of realism. He strictly distinguishes between "realism" and "truth". He abandoned the photographic truth and devoted himself to "showing a more complete, moving and accurate picture than the reality itself".

In the form of expression, Mo Bosang is a master of perfection. He does not stick to certain established rules, but freely uses various methods and techniques. When describing an object, it is sometimes a complete story, sometimes a fragment of an event, sometimes a picture, and sometimes a psychological activity and mental state. There are stories that are strong, plots that are diluted or even have no plots at all, many characters, single characters, or even no characters at all.

In the description of characters, Mo Bosang does not pursue colorful images, exaggerated expressions, exaggerated lives and incredible experiences, but devotes himself to describing "the development of feelings, soul and reason in a normal state" (novel theory), showing the inner truth and essence of characters, and revealing their inner essence through the natural state of characters in daily life and the most reasonable actions, behaviors, reactions and expressions that are bound to occur in specific situations.

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Generally speaking, Mo Bosang's short story creation embodies a whole set of realistic novel art, which not only inherits the previous realistic literary tradition, but also supplements and enriches it. It should be pointed out that although Mo Bosang basically abides by the principle of writing truth, he has not given up the pursuit of unrealistic artistic effects, and he sometimes exaggerates romance in details.

Of course, compared with traditional realism, Mo Bosang's short stories have a new element that attracts more attention, namely naturalism. Although Mo Bosang denied that he was a naturalist writer, his realistic art naturally showed naturalistic characteristics because he was in an era when naturalistic literary thoughts prevailed and was deeply influenced by this trend.

This feature is manifested in his short stories, mainly his observation and expression of human physiological instinct, human "meat" and "desire". The naturalism in Mo Bosang's short stories is more obvious in his novels.

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