New Exposition Of "Biographies Of Sing-song Girls Of Shanghai"

"Biographies of Prostitutes of Shanghai" written by Han Bangqing is not onlythe best one of the XiaXie novels,but also it occupies an important place in the historyof literature It marks the beginning of modern popular novels,also it marks the realmaturity of Wu Dialect literature.The novel has historical meaning and is worthdeepgoing study.Born in the specific historical period of the late Qing Dynasty, Han Bangqing'sidea will inevitably be stamped with the brand of the times.This article tries to takeall-round study about the author's thought according to the poems and articles foundin the "Shenjiang Newspaper"as well as his novels—"Biographies of Prostitutis ofShanghai"and "Taixian Man Gao"Concerning the character's realistic prototype in the novel, researchers havedifferent opinions, but they haven't put forward the persuasive textual researchresult. This article tries to make convicing textual criticism about the character'srealistic prototype on the base of relative poems and articles, local records andcontemporary pen jottings by comparing the characters in the novel with the figuresin the reality.d"Biographies of Prostitutes of Shanghai" has reflected the impact of westerncivilization to Chinese civilization for the first time after Shanghai was forced to openits door The western culture directly affects people's life style subsequently to affectpeople's idea.