民间故事是民间文学的重要门类之一。近年来,关于民间故事的搜集研究取得了很大成就,刘魁立是为近代民间故事研究代表学者之一。从80年代中期开始,刘魁立潜心研究民间故事,努力弥补前人研究中的不足,从述评到个案,在多方面颇有建树,以其思辨和严谨的学术风格在现代中国故事学界享有崇高地位。 Folklore is one of the important categories of folklore. In recent years, great achievements have been made in the research on the collection of folk tales. Liu Kuili is one of the representatives of modern folk tales. From the mid-1980s, Liu Kuili devoted himself to the study of folk tales and endeavored to make up for the deficiencies in his predecessors’ research. From his comments and individual cases, he made great achievements in many fields and enjoys a high status in the modern Chinese story academics with his thinking and rigorous academic style.