On Humorous Theory And Practice Of Qian Zhongshu

If we look through human culture, we'll find that humor and humorous literary tradition have a long history. But there are differences between ancient and present times, foreign countries and our country. Though the Chinese nation does not lack of humor, it is burdened with the tradition of"narrating concept by articles"in the previous humor. After"May fourth", Lu Xun, Lao She, Zhang Tianyi and some modern humorous writers, simply explored the"human"itself from the original meaning. They realized the transformation from tradition to modern pattern, but it was still immature. It was only to Qian Zhongshu that the Chinese modern humorous theory and literary creation had really entered into maturity from the comedy itself.In the 1920s and 1930s, China had begun to strongly advocate humor and do some theory research. Qian Zhongshu participated in the discussion. By means of his traditional culture mastery and the absorption of main western humor concept, he formed his own"unsystematic"humorous system. His humorous concept are mainly presented in说笑such a humorous jotting. Besides, he also discussed them in his masterpiece管锥编. First of all he stressed the humorous premise, is the subject's wisdom and specific objection luring humorous. Then he revealed the nature of humor from the subjective internal world. He regarded humor as a temper, displaying its two forms. With vivid metaphors, he clarified us three characteristics: mobility, diversity and instability. In order to obtain eternal and remote"understanding smile", he put forward the creative principles of"novel, strange imagination"and"humorous but not acerbic"according to his ideal humor. He stood on the present, inherited the past, expected the future and broke through the humorous theories between the past and today, foreign countries and our country with his humorous narration.Qian Zhongshu was not only a humorous theorist, but also a participant. Just like a seed with strong vitality, humor can be bud and mature everywhere. During the chief activities of Qian Zhongshu, including his literary creation, scholar thesis and daily life, there...