《列异传》成书背景初探

《列异传》作为目前可考知的第一部魏晋志怪小说集,其中不乏对当时社会现实的揭露,亦流露出在此社会中产生的生死忧患意识,具有一定史料价值。《列异传》题材内容既有对秦汉志怪小说的继承,亦有基于社会基础上的创作。《列异传》题材内容的呈现状态可从动荡的社会背景给人们带来的身体、思想信仰上造成的巨大影响以及给文人心理上带来的变化上得以诠释。

A Study on Writing Background of Lie Yi Zhuan

Being the first known collected works of fantasies in Wei Jin period,Lie Yi Zhuan exposes the social reality at that time and reflects the concerns of life and death originated in that society.The book both inherits the contents of fantasies in Qin Han period and contains the creative works based in social reality.The great mental and physical influences by the turbulent social background find their reflections in the contents of Lie Yi Zhuan.