A Study Of Tiger Story In Classical Chinese Novels Of The Ming Dynasty

Immersing in the influence of the open social current,the Ming Dynasty prefer a fantastic writing style.The tiger story gathered both the old one and the new one.On the basis of a complete collecting of the tiger stories in the Ming Dynasty,this thesis categorizes these stories and aims to reveal a unique artistic feature of those classical Chinese novels.The chapter one will discuss the relating background about the flourishing of the tiger story.First of all,the literati gatherings and the fashion of the tiger talks.The literati gatherings is a historical tradition and the best channel to produce the story,and it's also a fashion in the gathering of the Ming Dynasty.Secondly,the fantasy-chasing trend in the late-Ming Dynasty not only promoting the books for fantastic people and events but also satisfying the readers' curiosity.Next,the retro which happens in both poetry and novels helps the popular in the anthology of novels;it also gives the tiger story the chance to show up.Finally,the thriving publication provides the material and technical support for the transmission of this entertaining kind of books.The editing source of the tiger story will be explained in chapter two by using the most representative work in the Ming Dynasty.The source is made up of the classical books of the early stage that contains the unofficial history,mythical stories,legends and the hearsay and the folklore which telling the kinfolks and friends.In chapter three,the story of subduing tiger will be analyzing.There are immortals,people,beast and ghost that can subdue a tiger.I categorized this kind of story into expelling the tiger by the good people,killing the tiger by strong people,taming the tiger by the immortal,subduing the tiger by the monk,fighting with the tiger by the filial people and the story in which the beast and ghost kill the tiger.Uncovering the deeper meaning of these stories in the end.Chapter 4 aims to study the love and marriage-related stories about the tiger;they always have a high artistic value by using the beautiful language and the dedicate rhetoric skill.Their imitation can be found a lot afterward.Still,this sort of story may classify into 3 kinds as tiger wife,tiger husband and tiger matchmaker.In the last chapter,the other types of the tiger story will be mentioned,especially thetiger of justice,the funny tiger and so on.The nature science kind of tiger story could be most numerous one of all types.It contains the story of the acrobatics,anecdote,the characters and nicknames of the tiger.Furthermore,the assortment,the region,the medical value and the enemy of tiger are being introduced.Still,there is some stuff that named after the tiger and the stories related to the tiger in a specified territory of this kind too.Since the connotation in the culture of tiger involves a lot,there are obstacles to do thorough research;this thesis is going to do a primary study of the tiger story.Hopefully,it will benefit the overall research of the culture of the tiger.