CAJ | 학술논문

今存皇甫谧《高士传》为上古至曹魏九十六人作传，应为史书。由于材料杂取子史，以至于《庄》、《列》寓意之作，常将杜撰的人物、事迹视为真人实事，为之立传，混迹其中。这些人事原为某种寓意的例证，不很完整，更不充分独立，多为原书的小说成分，被编人本传，添头加尾，添枝加叶，或以多篇文字缀合，成为各自独立、自成起讫的虚拟人物传略，遂成早期小说作品。
금존황보밀《고사전》위상고지조위구십륙인작전，응위사서。유우재료잡취자사，이지우《장》、《렬》우의지작，상장두찬적인물、사적시위진인실사，위지립전，혼적기중。저사인사원위모충우의적예증，불흔완정，경불충분독립，다위원서적소설성분，피편인본전，첨두가미，첨지가협，혹이다편문자철합，성위각자독립、자성기흘적허의인물전략，수성조기소설작품。
The extant Biographies of Hermits （《高士传》） by Huangfu Mi, which contains biographies of 96 people from the antiquity to the Wei Period, should be considered as a history book. As its source materials came from works by various masters of philosophy, from historical texts, and also from such allegorical works as Zhuangzi（《庄子》） and Liezi（《列子》）, the author took the fabricated people and stories as real ones, created biographies for them, and mixed them in this book. These stories were originally allegorical, fictional, but neither complete nor independent. Yet they were included in biographies with additions to their beginning or end, or with the combination of several stories, thus becoming independent, complete biographies of fictional people, and consequently turning into early fictional works.