历史小说的魅力在于它讲述故事与自由想象的同时又能给读者以“真”的感觉。一定程度上满足了读者阅读心理上“真”与“虚”两方面的需要。也正因如此,历史小说处于历史与小说的夹击之中而有着自身的尴尬性。一方面,它不可能象纯粹小说创作那样自由无拘天马行空而置史实于不顾,限制了作者想象力的自由发挥。另一方面,小说的特性规定了它不可能循规蹈矩地进行史实排列,又须借助小说的虚构想象去纵横开合,在史实的羁绊下尽可能地自由挥洒。这两方面的限制 The charm of historical novels lies in the fact that while it tells stories and free imagination, it gives the reader the feeling of “truth”. To some extent, readers have to meet the psychological needs of “real” and “virtual” needs. Precisely because of this, historical novel has its own awkwardness in the attack of history and novels. On the one hand, it can not be devoid of free and unrestrained freedom as a purely fictional creation, which limits the author’s freedom of imagination. On the other hand, the characteristics of the novel stipulate that it is impossible to conduct historical arrangement in accordance with the rules of the novel, but also use the fictional imagination of the novel to open up and down horizontally and freely as much as possible under the fetters of history. These two restrictions