The Study On The Image Of Intellectuals In Xiaxie Novels Of Early Period In The Late Qing Dynasty

Xiaxie novels refers to the long Zhanghui style novels on the theme of prostitutes and actor’s story that gradually became popular in Qing Daoguang and Xianfeng period. Taking "biographies of Flowers in Shanghai" as boundary, Xiaxie novels can be divided into two periods. Xiaxie novels of early period used the genius and beauty novel’s style and mode to describ the love story between prostitutes, actor and the intellectuals. The literati image in the novel contains writer’s dissatisfaction with the social reality and their expectations of the ideal life, reflects the dilemma and complex mentality of the intellectuals class when the social transformat in the late Qing Dynasty period, having unique connotation of the times and academic value.This article is divided into four chapters to discuss. The first chapter is the introduction, which introduces the purpose and significance of the study, the current situation of the research, the scope and methods of the research. The second chapter carries on the overall summary to the late Qing Dynasty in the early Qing Dynasty. Respectively to the "latpaper introduces the general situation of the creation of the Xia Xie novel in the le Qing Dynasty", "early Xia Xie novel" and "intellectuals" concept defined. This ate Qing Dynasty and the reasons for its rise. Prostitution and drama industry prosperity and actors recruit prostitutes of social custom and lay the foundation for the birth of the Xiaxie novels of early period, the novels of gifted intellectuals and beautiful ladies of pre Backstreet fiction characters, narrative mode and narrative style has an impact, intellectuals of late Qing Dynasty of survival international opportunities and creative mind determines the Xiaxie novels of early period of ideological content and aesthetic ideal. The third chapter classifies and analyzes the image of the intellectuals in the novels of the late Qing Dynasty. In the imperial examination in the officialdom, their political career experience is different, some have not achieve success and win recognition. Part of the pursuit of fame, tranquil and natural life. Some intellectuals are corrupt and degenerate into a country. In love and marriage, more intellectuals Pinmao outstanding, passionate and romantic genius, they in prostitution excellent contacts with focus on the mind fit, with love keep ritual, lewd instead of sex. The love between scholar and prostitute ultimately to the family, some intellectuals and brothel friend married, sitting on a beautiful wife concubine, enjoy the blessing of Qi; and some intellectuals and prostitutes really fell in love, but because of the social reality forced laoyanfenfei, regret for the rest of my life. Analysis of the causes and characteristics of late Qing Dynasty early Xiaxie novel intellectuals image fourth chapter. In the early Qing Dynasty, the image of the intellectuals in the narrow evil novels had different characteristics of contradiction, realism and idealism. There are two reasons for this characteristic. A scholar in the late Qing Dynasty is in the social transition period to pass the imperial examination to make contributions to be squeezed out of the political rights center. The stratum of intellectuals gradually began to differentiate, and made different choices. Second is lonely does not encounter the sufferings and social status decline that the intellectuals in the late Qing Dynasty was full of anxiety, unable to change the reality of the situation, they had to in the novel created a utopian world scholar centered, in order to raise persons identity, to restore the lost glory.Put the image of intellectuals of Xiaxie novels of early period in the late Qing Dynasty into that special social and cultural background., through the specific analysis of their types, characteristics and causes, we can explore the literati class’s existence and state of mind under the social culture and social transition during the late Qing Dynasty, then further interpretate the eschatological intellectuals when their status declined to the social reality of thinking, the ideal of love and life pursuit.