有“补白大王”之称的掌故作家郑逸梅曾经这么描述张丹斧:“谈起张丹斧,几乎众口一辞地加他一个徽号‘文坛怪物’,在笔端提到他,脑幕中兀是浮现着胖胖的躯干,穿着青布袍子,外加着一件背心,头戴罗宋帽,白发飘疏,容颜却很红润,手里摩挲着古泉汉玉,口头禅常有什么‘奇谈’、‘好东西’的印象来。” There are “fill the king ” said the author of the ancestry of Zheng Yimei once described Zhang Dan Ax: “talk about Zhang ax, almost all the mouth to add him an emblem of ’literary monster’, mentioned at the pen end, the head of the Wu Wu Appeared fat body, wearing a green robe, plus a vest, wearing a roosevelt cap, white hair floating, the face is very rosy, hands rubbing the ancient Spring Han Yu, mantra often what ’odd talk’ ’Good things’ impression. ”