Mythological Thinking of “Biography of Many Supernatural Beings” and Novelists' Conceptions

Biography of Many Supernatural Beings adopts the mingled form of verses and writings, vividly recording and narrating the place and time of their activities, interrelated deeds and the processes of becoming immortals of seventy supernatural beings. It publieises the doctrines of Huang and Laozi and also possesses a high art value. Meanwhile, it makes supernatural beings become historical figures. It values kindness, seeks beauty and belittles truth, embodying the styles of fictions in the Pre-Qin days and Han Dynasty. To some degree, it represents the novelis's science ideology. Its structure and values have an effect on fairy tales and fieitions in later ages. From the point of view of fieition shown in it characteristics, it indicates the beginning of the times of overall literary consciousness.