《体性》是讲体和性的关系。刘勰把文辞分为八体四组,每组中彼此相反,即:(1)雅郑和新奇相反,(2)深隐和明显相反,(3)繁丰和精简相反,(4)壮健和轻浮相反。那末刘勰讲的八体就是八种风格。陈望道先生在《修辞学发凡》里说:体性上的分类,约可分为四组八种如下: (1)组:由内容和形式的比例,分为简约、繁丰; (2)组:由气象的刚强与柔和,分为刚健、柔婉; (3)组:由于话里辞藻的多少,分为平淡、绚烂; (4)组:由于检点工夫的多少,分为谨严、疏放;按照这个说法,那末刘勰的四组八体,其中的(1) “Body” is the relationship between body and sex. Liu Xie divides the essay into eight groups and four groups, each in the opposite direction to each other, namely: (1) Ya Zheng is opposite to the novelty, (2) deep concealment and the obvious contrast, (3) Flirting instead. Then Liu Hsiung said eight bodies are eight styles. Chen Wangdao said in “Rhetoric of Literature”: The physical classification can be divided into four groups of eight as follows: (1) group: divided into simple and prosperous by the ratio of content and form; (2) Group: Due to the meteorological strong and soft, divided into healthy, soft Wan; (3) group: due to rhetoric, divided into plain, gorgeous; (4) group: due to the amount of time required for prosecution, divided into cautious, According to this view, Liu’s four groups of eight bodies, of which (1)