《庄子》与中国小说的起源

Zhuangzi and Chinese Fiction's Origin

《庄子》与中国小说起源的关系密切,"小说"和"小言"等小说概念出自《庄子》,概括中国古典小说审美精神的"志怪"一词出自《庄子》,《庄子》寓言中含有《山海经》"奇说"式的小说内容,这些使《庄子》成为中国古典小说的重要源头。魏晋南北朝时期以《小说》、《志怪》为名的第一批小说专著,是《庄子》对中国小说起源深远影响的必然结果。从出土的先秦小说可看到《庄子》小说内容的历史背景,也显现出《庄子》的独特之处,它是中国小说的理论源头。

《庄子》（Zhuangzi） is closed related to the origin of Chinese fiction： 小说（xiaoshuo：＂fiction＂）and 小言（xiaoyan：＂little words＂） and other novel concepts originates from the concepts in Zhuangzi,For summary of aesthetic spirit of the Chinese classical novel,the志怪（zhiguai： ＂Ghosts＂） is also out of it,Zhuangzi contains 《山海经》＇s（Shan Hai Jing＇s） ＂奇说＂（qishuo： ＂Strange speech＂） type of novel contents.These has made Zhuangzi an important source of Chinese classical novels.Since the Wei,Jin,Nan Bei Dynasties,works in the name of小说and小言 resulted from Zhuangzi＇s influence on the origination of Chinese fiction.Unearthed Pre-Qin Dynasty novels exhibits Zhuangzi＇s fictional content of the historical background,also shows Zhuangzi＇s unique aspects： the theory source of Chinese fiction.