《漢武故事》的作者與成書時代，歷來眾說紛紜。作者雖無法論定， 但成書時代根據內證已有眉目，自李劍國、劉文忠論證後，大抵為人接 受者有二 ：漢成帝說、曹魏說。本文試圖透過資料來源的檢視，指出《鉤 沉》本《漢武故事》誤輯、失輯的問題，並在此基礎上，針對才器異同、 防年殺繼母、為異父昆弟服、高祖配天、方士道術等訊息，考索其相應 的時代，並參照《博物志》所記鉤勒該書編纂的知識條件，據此論定唐 宋以來《漢武故事》的面貌，應經過曹魏士人的編纂。

There have been divergent views on the author and the publication era of the “Tales of the Emperor Wu of Han” (abbreviated as the Tales). Although scholars reach no conclusion about the real identity of the Tales’ author for the time being, its internal evidence offers the clues about its publication era. In general, two views on the publication era are currently accepted according to the evidence and arguments provided by Li Jianguo and Liu Wenzhong: the publication era is during the reign of the Emperor Cheng of Han or the era of Caowei. This paper examines relevant literature and points out the problems of false and misses editing in the Gouchen version of the Tales. Furthermore, this paper investigates the corresponding era of the information about comparisons between capacities and between usages of utensils, Fangnian killed his stepmother, mourning for the half-brother after his death, worship the gods with Gaozu, and Taoist priests and magic arts. Finally, this paper concludes that the presentation of the Tales since the Tang and Song Dynasties has been revised by the scholars in the era of Caowei by referring to the knowledge conditions of the Tales described in the Bowuzhi written by Zhang Hua in the Jing Dynasty.