刘咸炘字鉴泉,别号宥斋,四川双流人。他一生著述颇丰,涉及到哲学纲旨、诸子学、史志学、文艺学、校雠目录学等诸多领域,张孟劬赞之曰:“目光四射,如珠走盘,自成一家之学者也。”刘咸炘的小说观主要集中在《小说裁论》一文中,文章序言中指出:“庚申辛酉间,尝作《小说论》一篇。又于《燕丹子》、《世说新语》、《儒林外史》有所论。次壬戌之夏,乃合订增益为《小说撰论》……。其后蒋氏《小说考证》,周氏《小说史略》相继出。甲子秋, Liu Xianfang word spring, alias for vegetarian, Sichuan Shuangliu people. He wrote a wealth of works in life, involving philosophy, philosophers, philosophers, historians, literature and art, school science and many other areas of bibliography, Zhang Meng 劬 praise said: ”sights, such as beads take the plate, since the formation of a scholar. “Liu Xiangyang's novel view mainly focused on the” novel theory “article, the preface of the article pointed out:” Genshen Xin unitary, taste for “novel theory.” In the “Yan Danzi”, “ Language, ”“ Scholars ”have discussed .In the summer of 1898, is the combined gain for the“ novel ”... ... Then Chiang“ novel research ”, Zhou“ novel history ”have been out. Jia Zi autumn,