晚唐段成式所著《酉陽雜俎》以類書的體例及內容的奇異，成為唐代筆記小說的代表作品，《四庫全書總目》認為其為「小說之翹楚」。就有唐一代而言，《酉陽雜俎》的類書體例的確為一時之創舉，而其篇章中蘊藏著引人入勝的奇幻特質，且與當時唐代人民的生活與思想有密切的關聯性，這就是《酉陽雜俎》一書的價值所在，也是促成筆者研究《酉陽雜俎》的動機。
本論文的目的是藉由研究《酉陽雜俎》及神異故事後，整理書中神異故事的類別與形成原因，進而分析《酉陽雜俎》所蘊含的思想；分析《酉陽雜俎》神異故事中所呈現的文化內涵，並希冀能讓世人更加注意到《酉陽雜俎》的重要價值。
In the late Tang period, the book—Youyang Zazu written by Tuan Chengshi, becomes the representative work of literary sketches in the Tang Dynasty with the stylistic rules and layouts of encyclopedia, and the strange contents. The General Catalogue for the Siku Quanshu considers it to be "a leader in the novel." As for the Tang generation, the stylistic rules and layouts of encyclopedia of the Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang are indeed a pioneering work at that time. Its chapters contain fascinating and imaginative traits and are closely related to the life and thought of the people in the Tang Dynasty, which is the value of the book –Youyang Zazu and the motive for the author to study it.
The purpose of this paper is to further analyze the thoughts contained in the Youyang Zazu by sorting out the categories and causes of the supernatural stories in the book after studying this book and its mysterious and strange stories. In addition, this paper analyzes the thinking mode presented in the mysterious and strange stories of the Youyang Zazu, so as to understand the operational principles of the fantastic world in the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, it hoped that people would pay more attention to the important value of the Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang.
