The Idea Of The Flower Imagery

"Liao Zhai Zhi Yi"is considered to be the climax in the history of short story of chinese classical literature. The book written by Pu Songling is very abundant and colorful.Flower is a very important imagery in"Liao Zhai Zhi Yi". What impress us most are all kinds of female immortals and monsters. The flower is regarded as virtue. The female immortals and monsters are all very beautiful and kind-hearted like fresh flowers. Some have pretty names followed by flowers. One name is one kind of flower. The name not only manifests the woman's personality but also contains the plot of the novel, so the novel gives much food for thought. In order to stress the character, Pu Songling put the young woman and the fresh flower in the same picture .The young woman with a flower is of a great beauty. How to transmit the abstract emotion? The young men and women transmit their love with the flower.The flower is the significant part of the big environment. Pu Songling uses the flower to imply the character's nature and fate, and also he uses the flower to symbolize his ideal mind. Five novels about the flower monsters reveal his feelings and spirit.This thesis divides five chapters according to the flower imagery arising in the"Liao Zhai Zhi Yi". The five chapters are formed by flower imagery as characters,plots,details,environment and the author . It's not difficult to realize that the flower image has the rich value and the big significance. Pu Songling loves the flower imagery indeed. He is writing the flowers in his novels, but at the same time he is writing himself. The flowers are his essence objects when he faces them. His soul is so noble and pure that he creates many lovely"flowers"which come from his heart .The lotus flower is most noticeable in all flowers. In a word, the flower imagery is equal to the beauty. The beautiful and hopeful world is made of good characters and pretty objects named flowers. Without the flower imagery in his mind, Pu Songling shouldn't have achieved his aim. Without the flower imagery in the book,"Liao Zhai Zhi Yi"shouldn't have been an immortal masterpiece well known by the world.