A Study On The Types Of Ghosts In Chinese Classical Opera

This paper is divided into five parts to discuss stories about drems entrusted by ghost.The first part of this article describes the significance of the topic, the purpose of writing and the research methods. In this paper the author would like to sort out all the researches which are published in the recent years and also summarize the main point.The second part which mainly talks about classifying the plot on the stories about dreams entrusted by ghost and is divided into two parts. The first section gives a simple exposition on the styles of story. It is about the history evolution in the order of time. The second section does a research on how to classify the dreams entrusted by ghost which mains: the revenge type, the reunion type and the morality type.The third part gives the specific reasons to how it comes from which is according to the development of the story. The first section traces the psychological belief of ancestors. It plays an irreplaceable role in literary which is related to dreams entrusted by ghost. The second section investigates the effects of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism on the type of story.The forth part talks about the artistic conception about the dream entrusted by ghost. Section one gives us a clue about the ancient’s view on death and the motioned experience. Section two reflects the unique culture and optimism of reunion,The last part analysis’ s the literary function of the dreams entrusted by ghost. It is something which relates to portray characters in the text to promote the development of the plot and to deepen the theatrical theme an so on.