“元小说”在中国的传播经过了“无名”时期的翻译介绍、“有名”时期的消化吸收、“中国化”中的批评研究等三个阶段。在这三个阶段中 ,“元小说”研究在中国各自具有不同的特点。而这个过程同西方先有“元小说”创作 ,后对之进行命名这一历史发展特点相类似 The transmission of “YuanFiction” in China has been through three stages: translation and introduction during the “Anonymous” period, digestion and absorption during the “famous” period, and criticism research in “Sinicization”. In these three stages, the study of “meta fiction” has different characteristics in China. However, this process is similar to that of the “original novels” first created by the West and later named for its development