试论汉末的名士别传

汉末名士别传数量众多,重点记述了名士的异行、异能及对名士崇拜之风。它善于选取轶闻趣事,具有明显的虚构色彩,多用细节描写,运用了明显的小说笔法,成为以后志人、志怪小说及史书的重要素材。修史之风的流行,强烈的名士崇拜心理及人物评议之风的兴盛是汉末名士别传盛行的重要原因。

On the Biographies of Famous Bachelors of the Late Han Dynasty

There were a great number of biographies of famous bachelors in the late Han Dynasty which focused on the unusual behavior and capability of famous bachelors and the customs of scholar adoration. They were good at selecting anecdotes and had obvious hints of fabrication. They frequently employed the obvious fictional technique and that of the detailed plot depiction, and became the resources of biographies, mysterious novels and historical books in the later generations. The popularity of historical writing and figure evaluation and the intense psychology of adoring famous bachelors are the important reasons for the popularity of the biographies of famous bachelors in the late Han Dynasty.