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| The Adjustment of Genus of Soushenji and the Transmutation of the Concept on Chinese Fiction |
| Wang Wei Ding Fan |
| School of Chinese Language and Literature/Hubei Research Center for Literary Theory and Criticism， Central China Normal University， Wuhan 430079 |
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Abstract Gan Bao’s Soushenji is a book which collects the stories of gods and ghosts， and the fiction is a term in the knowledge classification system. The method of classification that Soushenji is placed within the scope of the fiction is gradually produced and becomes more and more stable. In Tang Dynasty， Soushenji was placed in Si Bu in Sui Shu， and was transplanted into the category of Xiaoshuo under Zi Bu in Song Dynasty. Under this circumstance， the fiction is characterized by the evolution from gossip to fantasy. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties， Soushenji， together with other fictional narrative texts such as Yingying Zhuan and Sanguo Yanyi， became the core elements of the knowledge category of fictions， and then stepped into the realm of literature when the discipline system was constructed in modern times. It can be clarified that the proposition that the fiction is a kind of narrative and fictitious text is gradually constructed and finally confirmed in the knowledge system of China when we study the shifting direction of Soushenji and explore the endogenous and external drive related to the establishment of the fiction.
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Received: 16 April 2020
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2020, Vol. 59 
