小说之名出于上古,未有详考。“小说”一词见于《庄子.外物》:“饰小说以干县令,其于大达亦远矣。”百年来,学者多习西学为用之法,以西方文艺理论研究中国古代文学,关于小说的研究亦此风盛行。但此法入中国来颇多水土不服,近年来有学者对此进行反思,针对古小说的界定和研究方向进行重新梳理,但 The novel’s name is out of antiquity, no details. “Fiction ” is found in “Zhuangzi. Foreign objects”: “Fiction to dry county magistrate, which is also far away. ” For hundreds of years, scholars learn Western method is to use the method of Western literary theory Study of ancient Chinese literature, the study of the novel also prevailed. However, this law into China to a lot of acclimatized, in recent years, some scholars reflect on this, in view of the definition of ancient novels and research directions to re-sort, but