文学作品中对人物撒谎的描写在古今中外文学名著中概不罕见,从撒谎者看,有反面角色也有正面人物,有渔夫村民也有达官显贵,有皓首翁妪也有垂髫男女;从写法上看,有直接描写也有侧面叙述,有工笔刻画也有简笔勾勒。为什么古今中外不同风格不同流派的作家们,如此不谋而合地热衷于人物谎言的描写?是作家们材源枯竭而借此充篇,还是谎言本身具有一种特异的表现功能?对这一普遍存在的有趣现象,笔者浅探的结论是:成功的人物谎言描写,既可含蓄地展示人 The description of the lying in the literary works is not uncommon in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign literary masterpieces. From the point of view of the liar, there are also positive characters in the negative, fisherman villagers also have the dignitaries and dignitaries, There are also direct description of the side narrative, there are sketch depictions also sketch outlined. Why writers of different genres of different genres at all times, all over the world are so keen on the depiction of the characters’ lies? Are the writers exhausted and borrowed from this book, or are the lies themselves having a specific function? Ubiquitous interesting phenomenon, the author of the conclusion is: the successful description of the characters lie, both implicitly show people