The Image Of Prostitute In The Tang Dynasty Novel

Compared with other dynasty,Tang Dynasty is more open,up to the presidency and upstart,next to the city and rural rich merchants,astronomers and artists,who regarded prostitutes as romantic elegance.In Tang Dynasty, Chang’an,Yangzhou,Luoyang,Huzhou and other cities mostly prostitutes gathering place, but also wandering around Open people place. So the government in order to facilitate the management of prostitutes, they make the inventoried,and to develop a variety of rules and regulations to be bound,gradually formed a prostitute management system. By analyzing the Tang Dynasty novels depicted the prostitute,strive to restore the real life style of the Tang Dynasty prostitutes, vividly and truly.while outlining the development associated with the Tang Dynasty political,social,economic, cultural and other aspects of condition.In addition to the introduction and conclusion of this article, the text consists of three parts:The first part of the Tang Dynasty novel image of a prostitute Classification. Text-based analysis to sort out the image of the Tang Dynasty novel prostitute type characteristics, according to the mainly characters and images portrayed in the novel as a benchmark. Dividing intelligence prostitute, moral prostitutes,amorous prostitutes, debauchery and profit-based prostitutes, prostitutes of Buddhist edge and Taoist edge,while paper also pointed out that the image of the causes of a certain type of prostitute.The second part analyzes the Tang Dynasty novel shaping the image of the reasons many prostitutes. Appeared in the Tang Dynasty unified situation, Monarchy and Bureaucracy has been strengthened, the Tang Dynasty to develop industry and commerce, culture has witnessed a magnificent scene of prosperity, a variety of literary genres and themes have been developed and innovation, especially Tang Romance appear,classical novels began to peak in the Tang Dynasty. With the prosperity of Buddhism and Taoism in the Tang Dynasty, Tang Dynasty social life showing strong religious overtones everywhere. Therefore, this article from the institutional, economic development, the impact of the Tang Dynasty scholar and official class, religious and cultural development of the Tang Dynasty and the novels development of the Tang Dynasty to discuss the Tang Dynasty more reason to shape the image of the prostitute reasons. Use a combination of historical data and works, vividly showing the Tang Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty style prostitute society.The third section discusses the prostitute image of the Tang Dynasty novel existence value. Because prostitutes unique position in society and lifestyle, and its characters itself contains a wealth of social, literary and artistic value. Prostitutes in Tang Dynasty is not only the objects of creation in art and literature, but also literature and art communicator,what’s more,it is the literate and artists.