武侠小说发端于何时?

When Was Kung Fu Fiction Initiated?

中国的武侠小说发端于何时 ?这是武侠小说史研究中的一个重要问题。目前 ,学术界有“先秦说”、“两汉说”、“六朝说”、“唐代说”等多种观点。本文一一论析了这些看法 ,并在提出衡定武侠小说四条标准的基础上认为 ,中国武侠小说的发端可定为东汉末年 ,最早的武侠小说是《燕丹子》 ,并且申述了具体的理由 ,同时对《燕丹子》诞生的历史背景和它的思想、艺术、对后世小说的影响等问题作了较为细致的阐述。

When was Chinese Kung Fu fiction initiated? This is one of the most important issues in the study of the history of Kung Fu fiction. There are currently various opinions in the academia,such as theories of “the pre-Qin period”,“the Western Han and Eastern Han Dynasties”,“the Six Dynasties”,and “the Tang Dynasty”. In this paper,after analyzing these theories one by one,and putting forward the standards for determining Kung Fu fiction. The author demonstrates that Chinese Kung Fu fiction was initiated in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty,and that the first Kung Fu novel was Yan Dan Zi. The author brings up with an explanation of the specific reasons,and expounds elaborately the historical backgrounds of Yan Dan Zi,and its ideology,artistry and influence on later fiction as well.