森鷗外自幼就奠定了很深的中國文學基礎，然而，長久以來一般學者均把重點放在西洋文學對他作品的影響，往往忽略了從小就根深蒂固的中國文學素養對分析其作品的重要性。為了發掘森鷗外文學中不為人知的新面貌，重新解讀森鷗外的作品，實有必要探究他的作品與中國文學的關係。論者已探究出森鷗外對中國傳奇小說有極大的興趣，且也將其關懷反映於《雁》一作中，並得知森鷗外對於中國傳奇小說中的奇人奇士風格很感興趣，此點乃學術界的新發現。本篇論文將繼續探討，除了作品《雁》之外，森鷗外是否把他對中國傳奇小說的關懷反映在他的歷史文學中呢？

Mori Ogai had a profound knowledge of classical Chinese literature. For a long period, people paid attention only to the influence of European literature on his work. To understand his work as a whole, we need to examine both its Western and Chinese influences. I propose that Mori Ogai was interested in “the marvelous and odd” characters in Chinese legends, whose evidence can be found in Gan. This is a new area of research on Mori Ogai. In addition to Gan, this article continues to examine how Mori Ogai demonstrates his concern about legends in his historical writing.