西方汉学家编选的中国古代小说选本，是中国古代小说在西方文本化的重要途径，主要有西人编撰的中国古代小说译文选集、中国文学作品选和中国文学史著作等文本形式。这些文本集译本、样本、选本于一体，相应地具有间质性、展示性与批评性等特征与功能。通过翻译、展示和批评，西人编选的中国古代小说选本不仅实现了中国小说在西方的文本化，而且自觉地以西方的小说观念审度中国小说，从小说的译名、起源、类型等方面实现了对中国小说文体的认识和建构，进而在一定程度上促进了中国小说在西方的经典化进程。

Anthologies of ancient Chinese fiction compiled by Western Sinologists are an important channel for their textualization in the West. These fictive works exist mainly in three forms: selected translations of ancient Chinese fiction, selected works of Chinese literature, and histories of Chinese literature. Being translations, samples and selections at the same time, these texts also feature functions of inbetweenness, exhibition and criticism. Through translation, exhibition and criticism, those anthologies have not only textualized ancient Chinese fiction in the West, but also investigate Chinese fiction from Western perspective, which, regarding issues of translation, origin, and types of Chinese fiction, facilitated the understanding and construction of the genre of Chinese fiction, hence contributing to its canonization in the West.