《世說新語》善以妙語捕捉人物精神樣貌，篇幅短小卻生動趣味，故能吸引歷代讀者目光，援引其典故再行創作，兩宋詞家亦多見此舉。宋代文體發展，蔚為鼎盛，名家繼出，宋詩特重視學問之積累及展現個人才學，詞篇較之詩文，則貼近人情世俗，更能展現宋人之生活情調，故宋人平日喜好翻閱之書及讀後感想，亦可由宋詞一窺梗概，藉由汲取前人精華，化為己身創作涵養，更可彰顯時代特性及個人思考。《世說》流傳廣泛，影響深遠，詞篇化用、評騭《世說》，作者必定熟讀該書，或可視為宋人資書以為創作之面向。故本論文提出欲具體掌握《世說新語》接受史之研究資料，可自數種面向著手：一為箋釋之作，二為評點資料，三為仿《世說》體（含續書及仿作者），四為評論資料（包含以詩、文、詞等各類文體，評論《世說》之作），五為化用《世說》典故之作，尤以評論與化用典故，最為普遍。藉由宋代社會環境、學術思潮，探討《世說》何以備受宋代讀者青睞，並就詞體化用《世說》及另出新意之處，探討宋人對《世說》之接受態度。

Literary forms in Song Dynasty developed vigorously and lots of famous author appeared. Song Shi (Song poetry) focused on accumulation of erudition and disclose of personal talent. However, Song Ci (Song lyric) was closer to ways of the world. It disclosed more sentiment of Song people. Therefore we could peep at Song people’s favorite books and reviews through Song Ci. Song lyricist absorbed best bits out of the best things of predecessors and turned it to their own nutrition, so Song Ci revealed more era characteristics and personal thoughts. “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu” echoed down the centuries and had great influences on later generation’s creation. Either piggybacking “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu” stories and quotes, or appraising “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu”, Song lyricist must pored over it well. Therefore “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu” should be considered as a creative source of Song lyricist. This thesis proposes that, if we want to obtain the research materials on the literary-reception history of “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu” specifically, we should start with aspects stated below : 1. annotation of “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu” 2. commentaries of “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu” 3. imitation of “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu” ( including sequels and parody ) 4. criticism of “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu” (including criticism in poetry, prose, lyrics and other literary forms) 5. piggyback of “Shi Shuo Hsin Yu” stories. The latter two ways were most common among Song lyricist.