Study On Jiao Xuan Zhi Lu Of Yu Guolin

Jiao Xuan Zhi Lu of which written by Yu Guolin is a mystery novel of Qing Dynasty with12 volumes,shows more creativity and personality among many imitative products of Strange Tales of Liao Zhai during Jiaqing period.According to limited information about Yu Guolin's family and life,found the connect between his father's personality strength,mystery novels boom at that time,his own professional experience and his writing.Through the analysis of the subject of novel,which can be summarized to persuading to be good and punishing the evil,romance,dreams and commentary,of which the romantic stories about people as well as with human-nonhuman is the most distinctive.These stories are mainly derived from the anecdotes of author's own and his friends as well as rewriting of ancient books.About its artistic features,Yu Guolin has created a series of peculiar people and objects,among which the most attractive is the "infatuated" woman,the insane Taoist priest,and those affectionate and faithful flowers and birds as well as sprites.Satire and metaphor are the most prominent artistic techniques of the novel.By comparing with classical Chinese novels in the contemporary,we can find that Jiao Xuan Zhi Lu not only has time style,such as strong sentimental implications,the aim of persuading to be good and punishing the evil,and interests of textual research and airing knowledge,but also has its unique characteristics,mainly reflected in his not following the typical sexual story of human-foxes and ghosts while turning to focus on depict of inner world.It is not only imitative but also self-characteristic,which shows a new kind of change in the imitative novels of Strange Tales of Liao Zhai,which make it unique.