The Study Of Fiction Anthology In Ming And Qing Dynasty

A fiction anthology of Ming and Qing Dynasty is collection of novels or short stories of a fictionist.The recent years has seen some achievements in not only the discovery,the collection and publication of the anthology,but in the ideology,the art and the development of the anthology.However,there is still a big gap between the current research and the potential research significance which completely rests with the taste inclination and the disposition and gift of the anthologist.As the tie between anthologist and reader,an anthology is not only a literary collection for reading,but also a critical form compromising the ideology of the fiction,the time spirit and the appreciatory inclination.The paper attempts to make an overall investigation on the fiction anthology.There are seven chapters in this paper.In the first chapter,three historical stages is introduced in the chapter.Form Hongwu to Jiajing or Wanli times,it was the first stage.Form Taichang to Qianlong times,it was the second stage.The next was the third stage.In the second chapter,there were two basical themes in fiction anthologies of Qing and Qing Dynasty.The third chapter made a strict analysis of the fiction's art.With development of the classical novels in creative practice,the story theory became to form the commentary mode with its unique feature of the Chinese culture.The comments of fictions have been affected by historical and personal factors.Mei Ding-zuo,who was a writer in middle Ming dynasty,in his comment on the collection of novel QingNiLianHuaJi,shows his deep understanding of female.The Paper points out that,the booming causes lie in Wang yang-ming and ShiXue in Ming and Qing Dynasties.The social culture,the fiction advancement and the development of the fiction in perspective in Ming and Qing Dynasty caused fiction anthologies independence.In the last chapter,the paper illustrate that the fiction anthology has multi-values,embodying the value for reading and spreading,the value of theoretical criticism and the value of fiction history and literature history.Lastly,it was the mentality of scholars has changed between Ming and Qing Dynasty.