《说剑》篇收录于《庄子》一书 ,一般人视为哲学论文。细加研读 ,我们就会发觉 ,《说剑》篇具备武侠小说的条件 ,在风格和描写手法上与欧洲史诗一脉相通。本文就“武”、“侠”、“小说”三方面证明 ,《说剑》是一篇武侠小说。由于这篇作品在写作时间上先于唐人传奇 ,也早于司马迁的《游侠列传》、《刺客列传》诸篇 ,因此是武侠小说的鼻祖。在描写武器和叙事时 ,《说剑》所用的手法与荷马的《伊利昂纪》、《奥德修纪》、维吉尔的《埃涅阿斯纪》、但丁的《神曲》、弥尔顿的《失乐园》等欧洲史诗相近 ,因此又是欧洲史诗的远亲 “Said Sword” articles included in “Zhuangzi” a book, most people regarded as a philosophical thesis. Further study, we will find that “Sword” articles have the conditions of martial arts novels, in the style and description techniques connected with the European epic. This article proves that “sword” is a martial arts novel in three aspects: “Wu”, “Xia” and “Novel”. Since this work precedes the Chinese legend in writing time, it is also earlier than Sima Qian’s “Ranger Biography” and “Assassin Biography” articles, it is the originator of martial arts novels. In describing weapons and narratives, the tactics used in Sword-Shaking are similar to those of Homer’s Elion, Odyssey, Virgil’s Aeneas, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Alston’s “Lost Paradise” and other European epic similar, so it is a distant relative of European epics