《谭海》是日本明治时代作家依田百川的代表作,是一部汉语文言笔记小说,与菊池三溪的《本朝虞初新志》并称日本汉文小说的双璧。《谭海》在创作上明显受到中国史传文学的影响,风格与魏晋南北朝时期的志人小说相似。其文笔简约精粹,延袭了魏晋小说的质朴风格,并从《阅微草堂笔记》、《子不语》等书中直接汲取了艺术养料。《谭海》是一部志人小说,虽然是遗闻轶事,但是作者特别强调实录的精神,我们也借此可以了解日本近古以来的风俗习惯和价值取向。 “Tan Hai” is a masterpiece by Japanese Meiji era writer Yabataichuan, a Chinese-language memoir novels, and “the new record of Yu Chu new blog” of Sanchi, Kikuchi, also known as the two biographies of Japanese-Chinese novels. Tan Hai was obviously influenced by Chinese historical literature in his writing style. His style is similar to that of Zhushi novels in the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties. Its writing style is simple and concise, which extends the simple style of Wei and Jin ’s novels and directly draws artistic nourishment from such books as Yue Wei Cottage Notes and Zi Bu Bu Yu. Although Tan Bi is a ghost story, although the anecdote is anecdotal, the author places special emphasis on the spirit of the tales and we can also understand the customs and values ​​of Japan since ancient times.