《穆天子传》不仅是文言小说史上的名篇,也是重要的历史典籍。它所叙述的周穆王西征见西王母的故事,更是传为千古佳话。但人们在阅读这篇故事时,对周穆王和西王母二人之间关系的理解,却有些值得商榷之处。一些外国学者和近年来国内一些小说词典在谈到这篇故事时,往往将文中周穆王和西王母解释为恋人关系。理由就是二人在一起喝过酒,赋过诗,因此就不免产生一些罗曼蒂克的猜想。这 “Biography of Mu emperor” is not only famous in the history of classical novels, but also an important historical text. It describes the story of the King of the West in the week of King Muhammer, but it is also passed on for ages. However, when people read this story, the understanding of the relationship between King Mu and King West two is somewhat debatable. Some foreign scholars and some domestic novels in recent years, when talking about this story, tend to interpret Zhou Muwang and Queen Mother West as lovers. The reason is that two of them drank wine and passed poems, so some romantic conjectures were inevitably produced. This