The Commentary Of Liu Shouhua’s Research On Folktales

Liu Shouhua is the academic pioneer of the folktales’ research in our country,thus his exploration as well as his achievement on folktales basically reflect thedeveloping history of folktales. He has extended researches on folktales from manyaspects, has found the special value of Chinese folktales and has published a series ofdistinguished papers and monographs since he published Redacting and Arrangementof Folktales should be Treated Carefully in Folktales and then started taking step inthe academic field of folktales’ research, which earns him worldwide acclaim.Nowadays, he has become the leading figure of Chinese folktales. There are manyadmiring papers of his periodic summaries in the academics, but most of themresearch in some specific ways and few of them make a comprehensive study withdepth. So, making a comprehensive and systematic commentary about Liu Shaohua’sresearch on folktales is necessary.Liu Shaohua’s achievements in the field of folktales mainly performance at thoseareas: his construction of system on folktales’ theory, construction of system oncomparative folktales, the arrangement of Chinese folktales’ history, and the closerelationship between the culture of religion which consists of Buddhism and Taoismand Chinese folktales. The development of folktales inheritance people and folktalescountries. And the achievements of constructing Chinese theoretical system offolktales, constructing system of Chinese comparative folktales, arranging Chinesefolktales’ history and discussing the relationship between religion culture that is madeup of Buddhism and Taoism and Chinese folktales, are the most important.They show that the major characteristics of Liu Shouhua’s research on folktales：extending new researching field, the materials are wide and considerate, usingintegrated researching methods, folktales’ researches are based on Chinese folkculture resolutely, and so on. In addition, it is the reflection of Liu Shouhua’s researchon folktales. Such as some defects on researching methods and researching materials.In a word, by reviewing general survey Liu Shouhua’s research on folktales, weassure his academic qualities as well as important devotion to the development ofChinese folktales research.