本文认为小说的发展，无论是中国的还是西方的，大都以神话为源头，经历了由完全的神话阶段到神人相杂的准神话阶段，最后到反映现实人生的现实主义阶段这样一个模式。在中国小说发展史上，唐代小说正处于由神到人、神人相杂的浪漫主义和现实主义相结合的阶段，因而它必然受到神话和志怪传统的影响。本文着重从内容和题材上论述这种影响的种种印记。 This paper argues that the development of the novel, whether in China or in the West, mostly takes the myth as the source, goes through the myth stage from the complete mythological stage to the complex human race, and finally reaches the realistic stage which reflects the real life. In the history of the development of Chinese novels, the novels in the Tang Dynasty were at a stage of combination of romanticism and realism, which was a combination of God, man and man. Therefore, it was bound to be influenced by the mythology and the mysterious tradition. This article focuses on the various impressions of the impact from the content and subject matter.