汉代小说略论

A Brief Survey of Fiction in Han Dynasty

汉代是中国古代小说的肇始时期,“小说”一词在汉代也成为专用名词。西汉后期,刘向、刘歆父子在整理秘府图书时,对当时存在的“小说”进行了校录。汉人小说,至今或佚或残,已无完秩。今传所谓的汉人小说若干种,如《神异经》、《十洲记》、《汉武故事》、《汉武内传》等,皆为伪托之作。

Chinese ancient fiction began in the period of Han Dynasty, when the word 揻iction?appeared for the first time. In the later period of Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xian and his son collated a series of rare and valuable books, some of which were of fiction. But most of them were anonymous and uncompleted so that a few books handed down to this very day, such as Classic of Gods and Spirits, are thought of a forgery written by people of later times.