六朝小說關於幽冥世界的想像，經常藉由「死而復生」的方式來描述冥界遊歷的過程，過去研究多從成人的冥界傳說著手，關於六朝早夭小孩的幽冥想像卻鮮有人注意。本文將析論六朝小說裡孩童死後世界之想像，探尋孩童經過死而復生的經驗後，如何構築他在瀕死狀態中所見到的冥界。 六朝孩童幽冥想像多數與成人無異，晉朝戴祚《甄異傳》〈張伯遠〉「小而推巨車」之陰冥描述，是較為特別的一篇，本文將以此為探討主線，藉由文化心理學之探索方式，為文本解讀提供一新的詮釋角度。 透過考察，筆者發現影響六朝孩童冥界想像的因素雜揉著以下數項：痛苦的生理病狀，個人以往經驗（推車經驗）、傳統文化背景（泰山、桑樹、承負觀、孝道），顯現出孩童利用文化象徵系統的材料進行想像的過程。

In Liu-dynasty's novella, our fantasy about the after world is usually represented in the way of “resurrection”. Most of the researches focuses on adult's after world legends, but there's rare research on children's after world. This paper will discuss children's imagination of the world after death, and explore how children construct the after world on the brink of death based on their experiences of resurrection. Generally speaking, there's no big difference between Liuo-dynasty's children's imagination of the after world and the adoults'. However, the novella, “Chung bo-yuan” in Zhen-ji Chuan by Dai-zuo, can be regarded as a special one. It represents a significant image of “a little kid pushes a gigantic wagon” and that is the reason to choose the novella as my text in this paper. My attempt is to provide a brand new perspective in a cultural and psychological way. According to my research, there are some reasons influencing children's imagination on the afterworld such as physical pain, personal experience (experience of pushing wagon). traditional cultural background (Ti mountain, Cheng-fu concept, filial dyty, mulberry tree) and that also shows the process of children's imagination on the after world by means of cultural signification.