《昕夕闲谈》虽然最早分２６期于１８７３到１８７５年发表在上海的月刊《瀛寰琐记》上，但严格说来，这并不是第一部翻译成中文的小说。因为实际上早在１８５２年外国的传教士和他们的中国助手们就已经开始翻译宗教性质的小说了，尽管如此，就一般人的兴趣而言，它好象仍然被? Although the earliest Xinhua chatting was published in Shanghai’s monthly magazine Yingying Suohang from 1873 to 1875, it was not the first novel to be translated into Chinese. Because in fact as early as 1852 foreign missionaries and their Chinese aides had begun to translate religious novels, nevertheless, as far as ordinary human interest was concerned, did it seem to still be?