A Bridge From Tang Legend To Liao Zhai Zhi Yi

The novel collection Jian Deng Xin Hua appeared between the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty which inherits Tang Legend and influences Liao Zhai Zhi Yi. It Links the preceding with the following which is extremely special in Chinese classical novel history. Since in the literary style, it inherited the Tang Song's romance literary style, and absorbed the story-telling script novel superior, has formed the new characteristic, which had a great influence to the later literature creation system. In the artistic appraisal, this paper has a different idea to the total repudiation appraisal from Lu Xun and thinks that there are certain characteristic in the language, art and thought. On structure art which has the model to the Tang legend and has diverse developments, the length enables it load bearing more plots, for medium-length drew up the story-telling script novel the reorganization to provide many themes. On characterization, it had the development to the feminine character image, the author increased to residential social stratum feminine image molding, but also existed for obeying the fashion to like, causing the character image to be separated from the reality ; In the narrative art,Jian Deng Xin Hua both to have the factual record to the Yuan Dynasty of war circumstance description, and empty image to write, profoundly portrays the society turbulently to the people devastating; On the theme, it have inherited each kind of theme of Tang Legend and develops, manifests in the style of antiquity with creates in the union characteristic. Jian Deng Xin Hua's ideological nature to be slightly weak, but also has the original opinion to the social life, it inherited recorded strange or super natural events in the literary work, using the ghost expressed feelings, ugly dared to the realistic life to promulgate; Since has inherited the Tang legend to dare to write the real situation the spirit, boldly performs to the current event to criticize; The literary work is mind reposing, writer's creation is for the reader understanding its concealed emotion, an outstanding literary work's connotation should be the rich and profound, Jian Deng Xin Hua although to have the certain connotation, but appears straight and shallow, the author has not surpassed the limitation of his time. But, it is still was once an effective novel; therefore, we should give it fair and just appraisal.