中国长期的传统观念是把诗歌、散文(包括议论文)当做雅文学,而把小说当做俗文学。一些著名的文学家,如春秋战国时期的屈原,汉代的司马迁、司马相如、班固,唐代的李白、杜甫以及后来被称为唐宋八大家的韩愈、柳宗元、王安石、欧阳修、苏轼等人,所有这些著名的文人学士都是不写小说的。我想“小说”这个名称在当初带有一定的贬意,因为它是“小说”,不是“大说”。我们中国人的习惯以为大比小 China’s longstanding traditional concept is to treat poetry and prose (including argumentative essays) as Ya literary while regard novels as popular literature. Some well-known writers, such as Qu Yuan in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Sima Qian in the Han Dynasty, Sima Xiangru, Ban Gu in the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai and Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, and Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Wang Anshi, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi, All these famous literati bachelor are not writing novels. I think the name “novel” was originally derogatory because it was a “novel” and not a “grand statement.” We Chinese people think big and small