曾慥為南宋晉江人,官至尚書郎,撰述甚富,精於裁鑑。[2]紹興六年(1136年)編成此書。取自漢代以來兩百餘家小說,[3],其體例略仿馬總《意林》,每書摘抄數條至數十條不等,采掇事實,編纂成書。《類說》引書雖然系節錄,但對原文不予改動,因此具有很高的輯佚校勘價值。[4]例如晚唐人陳翰撰《異聞集》一書,久已失傳,在《類說》第二十八卷中節錄其中二十五篇佚文。《四庫全書總目》把《類說》歸入「雜家類」。今日流行本子為天啟六年(1626年)岳鍾秀刊六十卷本。
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