"han Feizi" Said Lin, "chu Said" Research

This thesis studies on Shuolin and Chushuo of Hanfeizi. On the base of text analysis, the research discusses the text characteristic and the style Classify of Shuolin and Chushuo, appraises the significance of it in Chinese novel history.This article altogether is divided four chapters. Chapter one and chapter two studies the text of Shuolin and Chushuo. The stories of Shuolin and Chushuo displays Hanfei's legist thought imaginably; the stories type may divide into three kinds: historical story, folk tale and animal story. Many stories were recomposed by Hanfei, such as fictional character story, historical story and so on. The narration of those stories already was not the pure historical narration, already had simple psychological description. Furthermore, those stories had portrayed many characters images through the individuality language.Chapter three studies on the style Classify of Shuolin and Chushuo. Analysis of the theory of material, the theory of fable, the theory of Lianzhu style, the research points out that Shuolin and Chushuo is novel style of the Warring States Period, which has three characteristics: one, these stories collected or composed by Hanfei have the actual application goal; two, the subject-matter of these stories mainly consists of historical story, folk tale, as well as few animals story; three, these stories appear the characteristic of being recomposed, but not the simple repetition.Chapter four makes a comparison at first between Shuolin and Chushuo with Shuoyuan by Han Dynasty Liuxiang as well as Shishuo Xinyu by Southern Dynasty Liu Yiqing, indicating that Shuolin and Chushuo had the direct influence to the novel of Han dynasty, Three Kingdoms, South and North Dynasty on the naming, the style and the subject-matter. Next, from the angle of Chinese novel history, the research points out that Shuolin and Chushuo was the beginning of anecdote novel which existed by independent text, and Shuolin and Chushuo should have the position in Chinese novel history.