Li Yu, Then This Novel Study

Li Yu, the beginning writer of Qing at the end of Ming Dynasty, of his five novels, the"silent play"(including"Lian Cheng Bi"system), and"The 12 bulidings", Two novels exert a tremendous influence. Although the current academic research pays attention to his novels, no full study has been conducted. Most researchers believe that his novel is too commercial, lack of the artistic vitality and seems vulgar. As to the literature history status of Li Yu's novel, describe it little or not much discussed.In this paper, we suppose the situation as the background with the novel development trend while regenerating in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Standing on Li Yu's side, with his 30 novels as the references, study ideological value and artistic value of his novels again.In ideology research, Equal thought, chivalrous thought, favourable thought of justice in the key analysis novel: respect for life, maintain the equal right to life of people, agree to pursue the love equally, all of these are rare equal thoughts; Through the image of generous person, good officers and person revenging, he expressed his thought of heling the weak and pursuing the justice; agree with correct acquiring an advantage, he has condemned only values the behavior of the benefit, showing the right view on"Justice & Benefit".In art research,described the novel's unique comedy style, structure arts and language arts. Li Yu satirizes the dark society with the comedy, using the principle of"Create control centre","Dense needle and line"and"Cut Surplus clue", Mould personages by dialogue and monologues.All of these gives the novels unique artistic style.Li Yu's novel pays attention to people and natural life, looking for the beauty and value in the taste of ordinary life, absolutely not vulgar works; He walks close to ordinary life in the novel with writer's identity, his novel is different from early novel's collection and recreation form, and do not take the commercialization as the only standard. He observes social life and natural life in his novel, and his novel has represented scholar process of the novel.