The Simplified, Traditional And Original Version Of Li Yu's "Meat Futon"

The Carnal Prayer Mat is also known as Jue Hou Chan,Ye Pu Yuan,Yu Pu Tuan,Zhong Qing Lu,Coincidence of Marriage,Feng Liu Qi Tan,Ye Sou Qi Yu,Xun Huan Bao.In addition to Jue Hou Chan is the original deputy name,all other names were given by publishers after the book was banned,in order to evade official prohibitions and sabotage.This article will sort out and collate the existing important of the The Carnal Prayer Mat,summarize the characteristics of simple and traditional editions,so that infer the original appearance of this book.This article is divided into five chapters and contains prefaces and conclusions before and after.The introduction part clarifies the research value and significance,as a famous erotic novel in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,The Carnal Prayer Mat was even spread overseas.It was translated into different languages,but related research has been stalled.From the end of the last century to the beginning of this century,the controversy over the literature on The Carnal Prayer Mat emerged in an endless stream.Afterwards,the researchers focused on the structural themes,narrative techniques,and content plots of The Carnal Prayer Mat.However,due to limited materials,there are few researches on the edition of The Carnal Prayer Mat in the academic community.only a few articles mentioning that the depth of research is also endless.The first chapter is "The author of The Carnal Prayer Mat is Li Yu",this chapter starts from the novel's type of writing,style and content,and draws the conclusion that the author of The Carnal Prayer Mat is undoubtedly Li Yu.The simplified version is a truncated version with a small number of characters.The extensive version is full of content,fluent sentences,and basically no art and cultural errors.The mixed script is between the two,and the editor has made more changes.The second chapter is "An overview of the edition of The Carnal Prayer Mat".This chapter reviews the existing editions of more than a dozen editions of the The Carnal Prayer Mat and categorizes it into a simple edition system,a traditional edition system,and a simple and traditional mixing system.The third chapter is "The evolution of the brief edition of the The Carnal Prayer Mat",this chapter analyzes the abridged content of simple edition,the bridged person of simple edition,and the advantages and disadvantages of the abridged content of simple edition.Considers that the brief edition of The Carnal Prayer Mat is an abbreviated edition of the traditional edition.The fourth chapter is "The copious characteristics of the traditional edition of The Carnal Prayer Mat",this chapter specifically analyzes the headnote,the final annotation and other important content of the important edition,that the headnote,the final annotation are from Li Yu himself,collate and summarize the characteristics of the traditional edition.Seeks to inspect the year of fiction creation according to the characteristics of the existing traditional edition,infers the original appearance of The Carnal Prayer Mat and believes that the early collection is closest to the original manuscript.To sum up,The Carnal Prayer Mat is an important member of Li Yu's literary family.However,several editions that are popular now are basically abridged editions.Therefore,it is necessary to sort out the optimized book through organizing and emendating different editions,further in-depth study of The Carnal Prayer Mat.