《聊斋志异》里的《林四娘》,要算是书中最受研究者关注的篇目之一。这是由于故事的背景是青州故明衡王府的毁灭,故事的主要配角是实有其人的做青州观察的陈宝钥,比纯粹子虚乌有的鬼怪故事更能引起研究者的兴趣。近世有多位研究者做《林四娘》本事考,尤以美国白亚仁(A.Barr)教 “Four Stories” in “Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio” is one of the most watched topics in the book. This is because the background of the story is the destruction of the imperial palace in Qingzhou, the main supporting role of the story is that Chen Bao-yao, who has his own personal experience of doing Qingzhou’s observation, is more interested in the researchers than purely non-existent ghost stories. In modern times, many researchers do “Lin Si Niang” ability test, especially in the United States A. Arbor (A. Barr) teach