元代虞集《写韵轩记》云:“唐之才人,于经艺道学有见者少,徒知好为文辞,闲暇无所用心,辄想象幽怪遇合、才情恍惚之事,作为诗章答问之意,傅会以为说。盍簪之次,各出行卷,以相娱玩,非必真有是事,谓之传奇。”这是对“传奇”概念的第一次明确阐述。后来,“传奇”成为了唐代小说的 Yuan Dynasty Yu set “Write rhyme Xuan mind” cloud: “Talented people in the art of Taoism has few seekers, well-known as a dictation, spare time nothing at work, never imagine the case of trance, trance, as a poem chapter Q Italy, Fu would think that the hairpin of the times, the travel volume, to play with each other, not necessarily have something, that the legend. ”This is the“ legend ”concept for the first time clearly stated. Later, “Legend” became a novel of the Tang Dynasty