Zhuangzi and Chinese Fiction's Origin

《庄子》(Zhuangzi) is closed related to the origin of Chinese fiction: 小说(xiaoshuo:fiction)and 小言(xiaoyan:little words) and other novel concepts originates from the concepts in Zhuangzi,For summary of aesthetic spirit of the Chinese classical novel,the志怪(zhiguai: Ghosts) is also out of it,Zhuangzi contains 《山海经》's(Shan Hai Jing's) 奇说(qishuo: Strange speech) type of novel contents.These has made Zhuangzi an important source of Chinese classical novels.Since the Wei,Jin,Nan Bei Dynasties,works in the name of小说and小言 resulted from Zhuangzi's influence on the origination of Chinese fiction.Unearthed Pre-Qin Dynasty novels exhibits Zhuangzi's fictional content of the historical background,also shows Zhuangzi's unique aspects: the theory source of Chinese fiction.