本文对《老獭稚传说》在中国华中、华南、华北、东北以及朝鲜、越南等国的流传情况进行了全面描述,对中国、日本、朝鲜等国学术界,特别是对钟敬文先生及日本学者松本信广围绕着《老獭稚传说》起源地等问题所展开的学术论争进行了深入的探讨,并认为老獭稚传说是以中国大陆为中心,向南北两地逐步扩展的。 This article provides an overall description of the spread of the “old otters tale” in central China, southern China, northern China, northeast China, North Korea, Vietnam and other countries. It also gives an account of the spread of the “old otterly legend” in academic circles in China, Japan, North Korea and other countries, Scholar Hiroshi Matsumoto conducted a thorough discussion on the academic controversy over the origins of the “old naive legend” and held that the old naive legend was gradually expanding to both North and South with Chinese mainland as the center.