Study Of "Accounts Of Avenging Spirits" By Yan Zhitui

Wei Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties are a Chinese society's special time, the national long-term fission, and the political power frequently alternates, the war experiences ups and downs, the turbulent and volatile current situation makes people feel generally that life is in a precarious state. Buddhism advocates Love life hate killing, six realm of samsara and the circulation of the cause and the effect accord with the psychology of the good citizens. That people seek comfort from Buddhism is very natural, so preaching the Buddhism supplement book of the essence of Buddhist came into being."Accounts of avenging Spirits"is a prominent Buddhism supplement book during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It emphasizes on describing spirit avenges and showing slaughterous person with bad endings and misfortune to his offspring, which testifies principle of the cause and effect and retribution to be deserved. Author Yan Zhitui is not only a devout Buddhist but also a Confucian, and Confucianism permeated his life. Therefore,"Accounts of Avenging Spirits"is not only a ghost and spirit novel but also contains copious ideological content and enjoys unique status and meaning in Chinese literature history.This paper discusses the following aspects:Preface is about scholars reviewing and sorting the results of research of"Accounts of avenging Spirits"on the various periods.The first chapter is about the creation time and the spread situation of"Accounts of Avenging Spirits". The exact date of the completion of"Accounts of Avenging Spirits"seems not to be certainly indicated by historians. We can only judge in accordance with the relevant materials, it should be a book of Sui Dynasty. The book of"Accounts of Avenging Spirits"has been lost, that we read"Accounts of Avenging Spirits"today is the series, and the nomination of"Accounts of Avenging Spirits"is the frequent changes in the spread process. after Investigation ,find that"Accounts of Avenging Spirits"should be their real name, after the name"Huan Yuan Zhi"or"Huan Yuan Ji", Future generations are unable to research it in detail, resulting from improper changes.The second chapter is to describe the ideological inclination of"Accounts of Avenging Spirits". The period of Northern and Southern dynasties, the prevalence of Buddhism. Yan family propagating mainly Confucianism is impacted by Buddhism. the transmigration of life and death in Buddhism, the concept of retribution of good and evil at the time has played a unique binding, scholar-officials and civil society maintain the moral and ethical as the most powerful spiritual pillar. Yan Parental family has emerged like this figure of Yan Yanzhi, who masters both Confucianism and Buddhism. Yan Parental descendant, Yan Zhitui accepts the Confucian code of ethics and shows keen interest in Buddhism at the same time, which is also reasonable. The ghosts in"Accounts of Avenging Spirits"revenge through a variety of ways to express a strong wish that the wicked will be eventually punished. Therefore,"Accounts of Avenging Spirits"is no longer a simple Buddhist teachings, but dips the concept of right and wrong by the thinking of Confucianism, which embodies the idea of integration of Confucianism and Buddhism of Yan Zhitui.The third chapter is the narrative analysis of"Accounts of Avenging Spirits"."Accounts of Avenging Spirits"develops the ghost fiction the stable narrative structure of the causes and effects since Northern and Southern dynasties, Setting plots of elicitation method in the circulation of the cause and the effect, Souls redress the grievances with curses, dreams, and supernal forces. Therefore, Setting plots of elicitation method is not only conducive to understanding clearly the relationship of the cause and the effect, but also reflects Yan Zhitui of great concern for the life of reality. At the same time,"Accounts of Avenging Spirits", the use of covert self-narrative metaphor realistic strategy, through a calm and objective description of the narrator's for us to show a frequent wars, and the getting worse attitudes of the people of the community, reflect fully Yan Zhitui cares for the care and thought the world.The part after discussing in front of the three chapters in detail is to discuss briefly the historical value of"Accounts of avenging Spirits"and the impact for future generations . In conclusion, based on the of the ideological orientation and narrative strategies"Accounts of avenging Spirits", and come to the conclusion:"Accounts of avenging Spirits"is not simply to promote Buddhist supernatural, Buddhism supplement book of the circulation of the cause and the effect, but a ghost and spirit novel of Southern and Northern Dynasties that cares personnel and concerns about the reality.