Study On The Problem Of Making Friends In The Full-length Realistic Novels Of Ming And Qing Dynasty

Making friends is an important part of human society, and it widely exists in the novels. This paper aims at discussing the problem of making friends in the full-length realistic novels of Ming and Qing Dynasty, by analyzing three typical novels--Chin P’ing Mei, The Scholars and Qi Lu Deng. This paper contents seven parts. The preface analyzes the situation that novel creation pays attention to the theme of making friends but novel research ignores it. It also defines and instructions the object of study. Chapter one discusses two questions:the cultural tradition of friend ethics and the problem of making friends in the novels. It Lays the theoretical basis for the following article. The first section discusses the cultural tradition of friend ethics by analyzing the evolution and characteristics of friends, the value of friends, how to choose friends and how to make friends. The second section discusses the problem of making friends in the novels by analyzing how the literature express the problem of making friends and how the novels express the problem of making friends. Chapter two discusses the problem of making friends in Chin P’ing Mei. It analyzes the different kinds of friends in philistine society, such as how to make friends in the group of Businessmen, hacks, wives and officials. Specifically speaking, Businessmen focus on the money in the process of making friends. Hacks think of it as a despicable way of life. Wives think of it as a way to dispute their husbands’love. Officials think of it as a way to struggle for power and money. Chapter three discusses the problem of making friends in The Scholars. It analyzes how to make friends between scholars in the imperial environment. On the one hand, it analyzes dilemma of making friends in the imperial environment; On the other hand, it analyzes how the scholars looking for the ideal to make friends. It mainly discusses the influence of fame and fortune to friend ethics. Chapter four discusses the problem of making friends in Qi Lu Deng. It analyzes the relationship between the friendship and the growth of young people. Making friends has a special impact in the growth of young people. It summarizes three steps for young people to make friends. The first step is enriching themselves. The second step is choosing friends carefully. The third step is making friends correctly. Chapter five focus on the friend ethics in Ming and Qing society. The first section analyzes the characteristic that the friend ethics goes bad in Ming and Qing society. The second section analyzes the reason of it by three aspects. The epilogue comes to an conclusion that the study to the problem of making friends not only help to reflect on history, but also help to reflect on contemporary.