一《三国志·魏志》卷二一注引《吴质别传》云:质黄初五年朝京师,诏上将军及特进以下皆会质所,大官给供具。酒酣,质欲尽欢,时上将军曹真性肥,中领将军朱铄性瘦,质召优使说肥瘦。真负贵,耻见戏。这是一条有关魏晋时期民间说话伎艺的极可贵的材料,凡谈到说话源流的文章论著必引用无疑。关于当时说话人活动情况的记载,除同书《王粲传》注引《魏略》言曹植曾“诵俳优小说数千言”外,再也难以找到可参证的东西了。但仅有的两条资料也足以告诉我们,当时的说话已经从宫廷普及到民间。曹植所能诵的“数千 A ”Three Kingdoms Weizhi“ Volume II Note cited ”Wu Biography“ cloud: qualitative Huang early five years toward the capital division, Chao generals and special into the following will be quality, the officials to provide. Wine intoxicated, want to enjoy all the time, when the General Cao really fat, general collar general Zhu Xuan thin, called the Prime Minister said fat. Really expensive, shame see play. This is an extremely precious material about the folk art of speeches during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Any article that talks about the origin of the words must be quoted without doubt. On the account of the activities of the speakers at that time, it was hard to find anything that could be approved except for the book ”Wang Wei Biography“ which drew ”Wei Lue“ as saying that Cao Zhizeng had ”uttered a few thousand words“. But the only two pieces of information are enough to tell us that the words of that time have spread from the court to the private sector. Cao Zhi can chant ”thousands