A Study On The Prefaces And Postscripts Of Love Novels In Late Ming And Early Qing Dynasty

The theory of ancient Chinese novels is often presented in the form of prefaces and postscripts and comments.Previous studies on novel criticism have yielded considerable results.At present,the academic circle has paid more and more attention to the importance of prefaces and postscripts to the study of novels,and studied them from the aspects of the theory and function of novels,the stylistic features of prefaces and postscripts,the cultural thoughts contained in prefaces and postscripts,and the historical value of prefaces and postscripts texts,especially the prefaces and postscripts of novels in the Ming and Qing dynasties.After the accumulation and precipitation of the previous generation,the novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties are complicated,and their prefaces and postscripts are colorful,and scholars have studied them.However,the research on the prefaces and postscripts of love novels in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty has not been systematically discussed.At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty,the world love novels based on the theme of gifted scholars and good human beings began to flourish.The prefaces and postscripts of worldly affairs novels in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties,as a cross-era achievement,have complex social backgrounds and rich cultural connotations.Most of the prefaces and postscripts writers have high literary literacy,and they explain the purpose of creation and the communication with the novelist.As a special cultural symbol,prefaces and postscripts reflect the influence of " Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism three unity," discusses the educational significance of the novel for the society,has a distinctive brand of the times and ideological connotation.At the same time,Prefaces and postscripts describe the secular fashion in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties along the popular and popular creation tendency of worldly novels.The preface and postscript not only discusses the social function of the novel’s entertainment and the objective effect of " persuading people to satirize one " from readers and authors,but also interprets the aesthetic criticism of the novel from various aspects.As one of the forms of novel commentary,prefaces and postscripts adhere to the artistic principle of "the extreme difference of human feelings and the world,and prepare for the separation of sadness and joy ",and discuss the creative skills of the novel from the aspects of rhetoric,emptiness and reality,and the relationship between strangeness and ordinariness.Prefaces and postscripts have their own distinctive stylistic features.On the basis of adhering to the creation principle of eulogizing "beauty rather than evil," the unique artistic charm of prefaces and postscripts is formed by the structural form of parallel prose and the style of integration of elegance and vulgarity.Undoubtedly,prefaces and postscripts have innovated and developed stylistic forms on the basis of meeting the cultural needs of the times.The problems of unbalanced evaluation and lack of prefaces and postscripts should not be ignored.The study of prefaces and postscripts of worldly affairs novels in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties combined with the background of the times and social trends of thought not only helps to integrate the theoretical system of novels,but also helps to study the secular fashion,the development of worldly affairs novels and the overall value of prefaces and postscripts in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties,and further explore the literary value,cultural value and historical value hidden in prefaces and postscripts.