The Chinese mythology which is the origin of narrative literature such as prose and novel, has been lost and severed, so that it is very poor. However, this poor mythology could be handed down to the future generations and also have influences on the creation of literature like novel because of the great contribution of 『Zhuangzi's』.
The Chinese mythology that used to be abundant in the Yin-Shang Dynasty, was a lot lost and severed by the formation of proses and the process of changing the mythology into history, which was consciously performed by the rulers in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Warring States period, however, the spirit to change the mythology into history was broken by disciples such as Zhuangzi's of Taoism, and free discussions of thoughts by many scholars and schools. After that, the mythology barely maintains its existence.
Like this, even though 『Zhuangzi's』 played a very important role in connecting the mythology with novels, in the results of examining the existing researches, there have been almost no researches on this part. Therefore, this article intends to explore Zhuangzi’s role as a link between myths and novels.