An investigation of the artistic features of tales of mystery and the supernatural

Tales of mystery and the supernatural came into existence and prospered in WeiJin and the Southern and North-em Dynasty. It bears important post and significance in the history of Chinese ancient novels, to which they are not attached importance to the artistic features in some literature textbooks, From three aspects the paper briefly discusses the major artistic features of the tales and makes an investigation. It concludes that the artistic features of the tales indicate that the Chinese ancient sketchbooks are proved successful both in form and expression, which is tremendously influence in the history of the Chinese ancient tales of mystery and the supernatural.