才子佳人小說因其公式化的情節推衍與功利現實的思想傾向，向來評價不高，然閱聽者眾，創作者亦前仆後繼源源不絕，究其根本原因，乃中國傳統社會皆以成為「士大夫」為首要目標，故以「士大夫」為主的中國傳統文人價值觀就理所當然且歷久不衰地被複製與被消費。陳球《燕山外史》一作是中國空前絕後的中篇駢文小說，其才子佳人的情節內涵雖影響其評價，其中卻寓含了顯然昭著的中國傳統文人價值觀。本文除介紹《燕山外史》相關之作者、文本資料，並發掘落魄文人陳球藉由炫才自比為才子、在作品中一償才子佳人雙宿雙飛之創作心理，進而探析中國傳統文人之價值觀，並推究隱藏在此價值觀背後的悲劇性。

Due to developments of the stereotyped and formulistic plots, tendency for utilitarianism and realism in mentality; romance novels about talented men and gorgeous women have never earned high praise, in spite of the wide readership. There has been an endless column of successors behind the fallen writers in a battle of creating this sort of novels continuously and unfailingly. The fundamental cause of the phenomenon was proving to be literati in officialdom as a primary objective in a traditional Chinese society. Therefore, the political literati as a priority in the values of conventional Chinese scholars rightly turned into the long lasting circulation center of consuming and being consumed. A Tale of Yan-shan by Chen Chiu is an unprecedented medium-length piece of novel with the Euphuistic Style Novel in Chinese literature. Despite its romantic storyline and content about intelligent men and pretty women had affected the remarks that it received, the obviously evident values of conventional Chinese literati were implied in it nonetheless. This article not only presents an introduction on the related information about the author and texts of A Tale of Yan-shan, but also unearths the jobless and listless man of letters-Chen Chiu, who had metaphorically speaking, claimed to be a literary genius by means of flaunting his brilliance of mind. In this novel, it tries the flavor of lingering and unseparated love between a man and a woman in creative psychology; and then analyzes the values of traditional Chinese scholars, furthermore to study the concealed tragic nature behind these values.