“问答”作为中国非叙事文学叙事的一种基本策略和方式,源出于先秦,在中国文学三大源头的《诗经》、《庄子》和《楚辞》中各有体现。《诗经》的问答叙事以抒情为旨归,与早期诗的唱和表演传统有直接的关联;庄子以问答的方式展开其哲理思辨,源于神巫占问叙事结构的影响;楚辞问答寓哲思于发愤抒情之中,受到诗的歌唱表演性和神巫占问传统的双重影响。问答作为一种文学叙事方式,具有“假设”和“寄意”两种特性,假设体现的是文学叙事的基本属性,寄意体现的是中国非叙事文学叙事的基本属性。 As a basic tactic and method of narration of non - narrative literature in China, “Q & A” originated from the pre - Qin period and was embodied in The Book of Songs, Chuang Tzu and Chu Ci, the three major sources of Chinese literature. The Q & A narration of The Book of Songs is mainly directed by lyricism, which is directly related to the singing and performance tradition of the early poems. Zhuangzi started his philosophical speculation through the way of questioning and answering, Thinking of angry lyrical, by the poem’s singing performance and the witch meddlesome tradition double impact. As a literary narrative way, Q & A possesses two characteristics of “hypothesis ” and “meaning ”, assuming the basic attributes of literary narrative, and expressing the basic attributes of non-narrative literary narrative in China.