《聊斋志异》于江户时代中期传入日本,翻案作家为汉学家们,领会《聊斋志异》文言文原文的意趣,创作了翻案作品。在日本近代,《聊斋志异》逐渐从江户时代的极少数汉学家扩展至较多的小说家们,被他们所阅读、喜爱和接受。明治之后出现了很多翻译和翻案,对日本的近代作家的作品产生了影响,翻案作家通过现代日文翻译接触到《聊斋志异》并被深深吸引。 Strange Stories from Liao Zhai was introduced to Japan during the middle of the Edo Period. Sinologists who wrote the transcripts were aware of the original text in Strange Tales of a Chinese Studio and translated their works. In modern Japan, “Strange Stairways in Liaozhai” gradually expanded from a handful of Sinologists in the Edo Period to more novelists, whom they read, loved and accepted. After the Meiji period, many translations and refutations occurred, which affected the works of Japanese modern writers. The transcribing writers came into contact with “Strange Tales of Liaozhai” through modern Japanese translation and were deeply attracted.