魏晋"志怪"这一文体一直被划入中国古代文言小说研究领域,其历史原因是概念内涵上的模糊、对志怪文体错误的定位。实际上"志怪"的内容是中国早期的社会新闻,它在内容上属于"实录"性质,不是虚构,因此不属于小说;"志怪"在采辑过程中很讲究时新性和知新性,文字多重奇闻怪谈,因而也有别于史传文字。【英文摘要】Due to the confusing concept and wrong definition about the style, writings of mystery and supernatural in the Wei and the Jin dynasties have long been regarded as novels. In fact, they are reports rather than fiction because the works were done as
... [Show full abstract] "recording the facts", not making up the story. They are neither history records because they are all about strange stories and extraordinary affairs and were collected timely and up to date.