On the Sources of A Brief History of China Fictions
Abstract
Lu Xun Series Textual search a large number of materials, as "A Brief History of Chinese Fiction," to lay a strong foundation, but because of "the ancient novel Anecdotes," "Legend of the Tang and Song Set", "novel old news notes" differences, leading to "Brief History" is not on the content balance. Due to personal bias caused by the exclusion of certain materials and neglect is a serious problem. Lu Xun collected many sources for his famous book A Brief History of China Fictions, however, the contents of this book is out-of-balance because of the difference of some sources such as Gu Xiaoshui Gouchen, Tang-Song Chuanqi Ji, and Xiaoshui Jiuwen Chao. It is a serious problem to reject and overlook some materials because of the author's prejudice