“小说”考辩  

The Term “Xiao Shuo”(Novel) Argued and Refuted

作　　者：孟昭连[1] 

机构地区：[1]南开大学中文系,天津300071

出　　处：《南开学报（哲学社会科学版）》2002年第5期74-83,共10页Nankai Journal:Philosophy,Literature and Social Science Edition

摘　　要：“小说”一词在《庄子》中首先出现 ,后为《汉书·艺文志》借用而成为诸子十家之一。“小说”一词的原始含义本来鲁迅先生早有定论 ,然而近些年又有学者提出异议。《庄子》与《汉志》中“小说”的含义有同有不同 ,均非指虚构性故事。但《汉志》“小说”所表现出来的某些文体特征 ,为后世虚构小说的发展提供了基础。The term “ Xiao Shuo ” first appeared in the Zhuangzi denoting hearsays of less learning. Later, it was quoted in The Description of Books (Section III of the Han Shu (A History of the Han Dynasty )) listing as one of the ten scholarships. The original meaning of the term Xiao Shuo has been reached by Lu Xun. But there are scholars in the recent years raising an objective to it. The writer in this paper is to make some textual researches on the meaning of the term we find in the Zhuang Zi and the Han Shu, pointing out their similarities and differences. The term “ Xiao Shuo ” in both the Zhuang Zi and the Han Shu does not mean the “novel” (a story in prose, long enough to fill one or more books, about either imaginary or historical people). Yet, the style of “ Xiao Shuo ” as we find in Han Shu would serve as one of the basic factors for the development of the later day novel (Xiao Shuo).

关 键 词：小说 稗官 街谈巷语 短书 

分 类 号：I054[文学—文学理论]