The emergence in the book named Weishu in Han Dynasty made him more mysterious.Then, the novels of Weijin period changed him into a strange person.

• 汉代出现的纬书给颜回这个人物增添了一丝神秘性，而直接受汉代谶纬之风影响的魏晋时期的志怪、志人小说更是将其刻画成奇神异怪。