| Xingfu’s Biography is one of the three greatest classic works of Korea. It was created in about18th century. Based on a Korean folklore and processed by many singers, the novel plays an important role in Korean literature.Xingfu’s Biography tells a story about two brothers, Xingfu and Nurfu. Xingfu gets rewarded for his kindness; however Nurfu is repaid by evil results because of his malevolence. By the contrast between the kind Xingfu and the evil Nurfu, it not only reveals the moral issues of the society, but also reflects the contradictions between laboring people and feudal rulers, especially the contradictions between the farmers and the exploiters of Korean Feudal Society.As for research methods, the paper uses two methods of comparative literature. They are influence study and reception aesthetics. Except for working on the understanding of the novel, the paper also discusses about the relationship between Xingfu’s Biography and Chinese culture. That is to explain the inseparable relation between Xingfu’s Biography and Chinese culture through Confucianism, Buddhism, names of Chinese people, places, classical allusions and poetries that appear in Xingfu’s Biography. All those elements showed in Xingfu’s Biography express the admiration from Korean people to Chinese culture. What’s more, abundant beddings and examples made the work more rhythmical; a lot of classical allusions and poetries had made this novel more lively and interesting.Korean culture belongs to Chinese culture circle and has a long history of cultural exchange in many aspects such as culture, literature, economy, thought, etc. Along with the wide spread of Chinese characters and Chinese culture in Korea, the number of Korean novel have increased a lot Among these novels, there are lots of Chinese cultural elements. Xingfu’s Biography is one of those novels. With many Chinese cultural elements in it, it helps to stress the characters and deepen the theme. |
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