《穆天子传》小说性质辨析

摘要

So far, the author, writing time and text nature of Biography of King were academic doubtful cases Form narrative motivation, according to the huge difference based on literatures around the early Warring States, the author believes that the works had been derived from respecting the ancestors for Zhao heirs. The form of Biography of King approximated confidential memorandum style but presented mysterious state, it was not credible history, nor ancient myth or second-class myth. Based on the social tendency and reading psychology, novel state of the king stories in the void-solid combination had been firstly affected by fairy thinking in Warring States, secondly affected by fairy-made movement in Han-Jin times, and finally made its myth character in the history misreading.%迄今为止，《穆天子传》的撰者、成书年代、文本性质等，均可谓学术疑案。从叙事动机出发，依据战国初期前后相关文献的巨大差异，可以认同此书源出赵国后嗣对祖先的追崇。《穆天子传》体式近似起居注，风格却呈现恍惚无征之态，它既非信史著作，亦非上古神话抑或次神话之类。基于社会风尚和读学心理来审视，穆王故实在虚实相生中形成的小说境界，曾一度受到战国末期神仙思维、汉晋时世造仙运动先后影响，最终在历史误读中造就了后人所谓的神话品格。