玄宗朝「開元之治」的興衰起落,留與後人無限的緬懷與追思。此外,玄宗音樂才華洋溢、生活上多采多姿、與貴妃的愛情故事,皆為唐人所津津樂道,故以玄宗為主題的小說大量出現。本文將以《唐代小說敘錄》、《唐五代志怪傳奇敘錄》、《太平廣記》為範圍,探討唐五代小說家對玄宗的印象、評價,試探其中可為玄宗架構出何種形象。經由玄宗形象的分類,並以表格整理呈現,可看出唐五代小說家對玄宗的關注之處,而不同時期的作家對玄宗的關注點是否有所轉移,再輔與史書做比較,更可凸顯小說中玄宗形象的特色,更期待透過全文的整理,可看出玄宗的人物形象,是如何隨這個性與環境的轉化,而有不同時期的面貌。
The rise and fall of the Xuan Zhong dynasty's "Kai Yuan Zhi Zi" had left a lot of memories and sentiments for the decendants to remember. In addition, the renowned talent of Xuan Zhong in music, his colourful lifestyle, and the love story between him and Gui Fei have been the popular topics of conversation by people in the Tang Dynasty. A lot of novels about Xuan Zhong have been produced because of his popularity. This passage will make use of "Tang Dynasty Novel Shu Lu", "Tang Wu Dai Zhiquai Chuan Ji Shu Lu", "Tai Ping Kuang Chi" as the basis, to investigate the characteristics of Xuan Zhong that the Tang Wu Dai novelists have, through the image and value that they perceived about Xuan Zhong. One may be able to identify the specific area of interest that the Tang Wu Dai novelist have over Xuan Zhong. Through the categorisation of Xuan Zhong's image and charaters into a table illustration. One can even portray the unique chanracteristics of Xuan Zhong in those novels through the study of whether there is a change or movement of interest on Xuan Zhong by novelists from differetn era, together with the comparison to what has been recorded in "Shi Shu". From the structure and flow of this passage, one hope to present the changes of the Xuan Zhong character in these novels through the change of environment and individual characteristics, and the different faces of Xuan Zhong in different era.