也谈《神异经》之成书年代―兼与李剑国先生商榷

Scholars' opinions vary all through the ages with regard to the written time of the book Shenyijing. The varied views about the written time are mainly centered on three periods, namely, in Dongfang Shuo's age, in the Six Dynasties' age, and in the last years of the Han Dynasty. In recent years, scholar Li Jian-guo put forward his new viewpoint by adding some proof to the saying that it was written in the last years of the Han Dynasty and he even elicited a conclusion that its written time may hang around the years of Emperor Chengdi and Emperor Aidi's reign in the Western Han Dynasty. The present author disputed this saying and maintained that the hook was written between the 2nd century and the 3rd century.