On The Research Of Humorous Stories In “Tai Ping Guang Ji”

"Tai Ping Guang Ji" is a large-scale book that collects many novels and unofficial histories from the Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Song Dynasty.Its content is inclusive and its theme is rich.,so it's also a treasure trove of the themes for the later generations' novels.Although the topic of humor has been excluded from mainstream literature,it still influences some later behavioral and spiritual concepts with its strong vitality.This article refers to all purposeful,the language is funny and laughable,the style is witty,sarcastic,humorous,or game-like's behaviors as "xi-xue",such as "hua-ji","hui-xie","pai-xie","xie-xue","chao-qiao","chao-xue","chao-xi","chi-bi" and so on are all included.Throughout the history of the development of humorous literature,Chinese humorous literature has shown a trend of development from “elegance” to “vulgarity”,and the Song Dynasty is the key watershed for the rise of the civic economy.The humorous stories in the three chapters of "hui-xie","chao-qiao",and "chi-bi" of Taiping Guangji include the period from Wei-Jin to the end of Tang Dynasty,which is the stage where the "elegant jokes" prevails and is also the critical period for transformation.The humor at this stage is different from the implicit concealment of the pre-Qin and Han periods,and it is also different from the vulgar proliferation of the Ming and Qing dynasties.It shows more of a graceful and elegant character.This article takes the tales of "Tai Ping Guang Ji" as an entry point,and conducts detailed classification and research on the humorous stories of "Tai Ping Guang Ji".The classification are based on the identity characteristics of the bantering subjects,the traits of the bantering contents,and the worldliness reflected in the humorous stories.And the analysis of the classification is in order to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the cultural connotations and sarcastic art of the humorous stories.The compilation of the humorous stories in the "Tai Ping Guang Ji" reflects the cultural and psychological characteristics of the people during the period from Wei-jin to the end of the Tang Dynasty to a certain extent.Based on the themes and characteristics of the tales of "Tai Ping Guang Ji" and combining the sources and themes of the tales,the distribution and the types of bantering subjects that have not been included,this article summarizes the six cultural psychological behind the stories,which are Admiring knowledge are elegance,Stressing the spirit of the game,Outstanding the beauty with ugliness,Caring for vulnerable groups,Challenging authority and tradition,concentrating on truth and usefulness.And the purpose is to recognize the people's ideological and cultural status in that time overall.Finally,this article summarizes the documentary value,literary value,and cultural value of the tales of "Tai Ping Guang Ji".It points out that the tales of "Tai Ping Guang Ji" have the function of making up the legacy of history,and it laid the basic model of the joke literature of later generations.What's more,it also reflects the social and cultural phenomena such as ideology,politics,customs,beliefs,etc.from the Wei-jin period to the late Tang Dynasty.