三国小说考述

目前人们所知的三国小说共约六种,在此基础上做进一步的考察,发现了其时的小说四种,即曹丕的《海内士品》、嵇康的《圣贤高士传》、皇甫谧的《逸士传》和康泰的《吴时外国传》。对三国小说的总体概况进行分析,三国小说的创作相当繁荣,其成就和地位并不逊色于当时的诗文。

Textual Criticism on and Explication of Novels in the Three Kingdoms

As is recognized today, there are six novels produced in the time of Three Kingdoms. Further research based on it reveals that four more novels should be added to the category. They were written respectively by Cao Pi on appreciation of talents, Ji Kang on biographical accounts of saints and hermits, Huangfu Mi on recluses and Kang Tai on foreign countries in the Wu Dynasty. A general review of the novels of the Three Kingdoms shows that the creation of novel saw a time of prosperity in the time of Three Kingdoms and the achievements in novel of this period was as excellent as those in poetry and prose.