| The creation of Ghost novels had an unprecedented prosperity in Wei-Jin period; "Sou Shen Ji" is one of the representatives, on behalf of the highest achievement of Ghost novels in Wei- Jin period. As a Ghost novel, "Sou Shen Ji" was not belonging to a sense of creativity just like later novels, it has a strong history-technique, and Gan Bao just recorded "strange things in ancient and modern with documentary practices. " because they think ghosts and personnel matters is the same, they all have been treated as facts. " (Lu Xun" the historical changes in the Chinese novel "). The themes of "Sou Shen Ji" are very broad, it involves all aspects of social life from Late Han to Wei-Jin period. It provided a valuable historical data for exploring social conditions in this period, and had an important historical value.This paper is divided into three parts:The first part demonstrates the historical nature of "Sou Shen Ji" from the creation process to future generations' works on the "Sou Shen Ji".The second part is the historical value of "Sou Shen Ji" to the study of natural sciences, including medicine, biology and geography. We understand the development of the natural sciences from Late Han to Wei-Jin period by analyzing the records about this respect in "Sou Shen Ji".The third part mainly writes the historical value of "Sou Shen Ji" to social life from Late Han to Wei-Jin period, including eating practices, clothing, travel , marriage, funeral, festival customs, entertainment, we can understand the social outlook from that. |
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