The Imitative Product Of LiaoZhai

XiaoDouPeng is a Classical collection of short ancient stories written by Zeng Yandong, the descendant of Zeng Zi. This work, though influenced deeply by LiaoZhaiZhiYi, has its own originality, and is one of the outstanding works of early imitative products of LiaoZhaiZhiYi.The first part is the introduction, giving a brief glimpse of the significance of studying XiaoDouPeng, and an overview of the studies on this work briefly.Chapter One analyzes the motivations of the creation of XiaoDouPeng. According to the analysis of the life experience of the writer Zeng Yandong and his personalities, the present paper finds out that the motivation of writing XiaoDouPeng is not only for the compensation of hard working, but more importantly for enlightenment.Charpter Two confers on the reasons why imitative products of LiaoZhaiZhiYi appeared, introduces the characteristics of other imitative products in the same period briefly. And talks about the similarities between XiaoDouPeng and LiaoZhaiZhiYi.Chapter Three points out there also exist some variations between XiaoDouPeng and LiaoZhaiZhiYi.Firstly talks the differences of the subject.Secondly compared with LiaoZhaiZhiYi, the ending of the stories has the form of more liberal praise and more various contents in XiaoDouPeng.Thirdly with respect to the fictious ghost world in Pu Songling's work, there are more realistic contents and less unreal parts in Zeng Yandong's.All in all, XiaoDouPeng not only expresses the rich ideological contents, but also shows a colorful art world, it's a unique work among many imitative products of LiaoZhaiZhiYi.Based on previous studies, the present the study level, trying to make a breakthrough, has a more systematic and deeper research on the work so as to make us have a more just and objective understanding of XiaoDouPeng.