聊齋誌異

"Strange" was considered to be a master of the classical Chinese novel. From the language used by the author and some of the performance practices of view, this evaluation has some truth; However, from the perspective of ancient Chinese novel aspect of the development, the evaluation is not enough comprehensive. It is also the need for further stretched.

        The ancient Chinese novel two development systems. A system is a classical, starting from the the Six Dynasties Zhiguai Sheng Tang legend; long chapter in a system is vernacular, formed by the words of the Tang and Song from this, the development of voluminous novels. Wen Wen, white is white, clear boundaries. Of course, there are few exceptions, to write chapter novels such as classical. However, between the two systems does not interfere with each other, but in a different historical conditions affect each other, compete with each other, even struggle. To examine from this point of view, "the emergence of the" Strange, is not simply the result of the classical Chinese novel naturally smooth straight line development.

        Lu Xun once said, "Strange" with the legendary method, and Supernatural Tales ". Fine according to the original intent, when the legendary performance practices, to the performance Zhiguai theme or content, that is, to accept the advantages of the classical Chinese novel before it, so Lu Xun to include it in a "quasi-Jin and Tang novel" correctly pointed out its origins. Pu Songling's own admission is the only non-Gan Bao Ya love God Found situation Flavonoids State, gratifying the ghost, consciously consciously to inherit the traditional novel, marching footsteps of the creation of a road moving forward. However, speaking from the situation at that time, this road is a crossroad. He cited the main focus of his life again Crossroads straight into wide flat avenue tree under the historical monument.

        "Strange" is the work of the early Qing Dynasty 17th century on from the Gan Bao "Immortals" has more than a thousand years, from the Tang legend rise of nearly a thousand years. For the development of the classical Chinese novel, "Strange" appear, it is the text from the Millennium bad ", its function is not less than eight generations from the bad".