Study Of Liu-Bang’s Figure In Historical Records And Drama, Novel Of Yuan Ming Dynasty

Liu Bang as an emperor rising from obscurity, created the immortal feats inChinese history. His legendary experiences and relevant records in history booksaccumulate abundant sources of materials for his being model objects in literature.Historical Records makes relatively detailed and objective descriptions of his lifestory. The writer Sima Qian moulds a vivid emperor image, using biography style ofwriting. In the book, Liu Bang has a complex and lively character. Historical Recordsby Sima Qian has a huge influence on literary works about Liu Bang in later ages. Themain plots of some operas of Yuan Dynasty, such as Zhang Zi Fang Pi Qiao Jin Lv、XiaoHeYueXiaZhuiHanXin、HanGaoZuZhuoZuQi YingBu、Sui He Zhuan Feng MoKuaiTong、Han Gong Qing Yi Jin Huan Xiang, were influenced，Later Qian Han ShuPing Hua Xu Ji makes a big break through to historical records. This novel makes fulluse of existing relevant historical data and literary works and muddles through acomplete story. Although it is not so tight in the arrangement and organization of plot,it makes a groundbreaking shift in the style usage of relevant historical data in spite ofnot very vivid characterization. The impact of Qian Han Shu Ping Hua Xu Ji on thelater the biography of Han Dynasty and the legend of the beginning and resurgence ofthe Han Dynasty should not be underestimated. The choice of plots of the latterlargely refers to the former and comes down in one continuous line until PopHistorical Novel in Xi Han Dynasty reach peak in art. On the characterization, thewriter pays much attention to using the dialectical methods so that the characters arerich, complex and dimensional. By combing the evolution of Liu Bang’s image, wecan have an understanding of the culture behind Liu Bang’s image-building in varioustimes and meanwhile such a description also expresses a kind of new views onhistory.