Commentary And Research On "The Scholars"

Comments is the unique from of Chinese ancient literary criticism.The criticism of the novel reached its climax in the Qing Dynasty.The Scholars is a Zhanghui novel showing the intellectual life.It was the beginning of Chinese satirical novels.There are currently ten types of comments on The Scholars that have been discovered.Among them,Woxiancaotang,Qixingtang,Tianmushanqiao and Huang Xiaotian's comments are particularly important.This paper focusses on comments of Woxiancaotang,Tianmushanqiao's comments and Huang Xiaotian's comments.Sorting out the comments of each one on the subject,character,and structure art.Make a comparative analysis to explore the inheritance and development of a comment;collate and analyze the similarities and difference between different comments;to explore the reasons for the difference;and summarizing the characteristics of three kind of comments.Exploring the significance and influence of these three points on the creation of later novels and the study of The Scholars.This thesis is divided into five parts:The introduction gives a brief introduction of the categories of comments in The Scholars.This paper introduces the form and general contents of Woxiancaotang,Tianmushanqiao and Huang Xiaotian �s comments points.Explain the reasons for selecting the topic of this thesis,review the related achievements of the evaluation of The Scholars in academia,stating the significance and value of this paper.Chapter one probes main analysis of three comments on the theme of this book.The comments of Tianmushanqiao and Huang Xiaotian have inherited the "fame,wealth and dignity" of Woxiancaotang.Analyze and evaluate the four categories of people under their influence And the same time,Zhang Wenhu pay attention to inner logic between the fame wealth and honor It also reveals the influence of "potential" and "power and wealth" on people.Huang Xiaotian completely denies the "Eight part essay" and the imperial documents system.Zhang Wenhu also denies the system and elected officials,but show an objective attitude towards "Eight part essay" and affirm its positive side.Both Zhang and Huang attach importance to the teaching fuction of The Scholars.Put forward the views of the author's persuasion of filial piety and waking up the common people.Zhang Wenhu also put forward the point of view that he did not intend to read book for the purpose of "promoting fortune".The second chapter explores the three critics' comments on shaping the novel's character image and the characters in the novel,and analytically explores the three critics' dissenting views on the character image.For character build,we analyze the specific techniques of "like a picture" and "out of the bone",the various brushstrokes used to portray characters,and the use of "same but different" and "not at all" techniques.In the description of the complexity of character image,They put forward the opinion that "no one is perfect".On Different Views on the Characters in the Three Comments.It is divided into three types: "real heroes and fake heroes","gentleman and villain" and "righteous people and heroine ".The third chapter presents three critics' comments on the art.Analyzed separately in three areas: language,structure and narrative.In terms of language,there is commentary on both the descriptions of scenes and the language of the characters,as well as notes on the dialects and local customs.Structurally,Woxiancaotang proposes that the book's main theme is "fame and fortune".Huang Xiaotian thinks the book is linked in series,end with no end.Formation of two main structural perspectives: inner main line and serial short,and has had a profound impact on the study of The Scholars.The three comments also disagree on the key points,catalogs,and last list of the novel.Narratively,the narrative techniques and narrative features are analytically explained.Woxiancaotang proposed "care before and after",Huang Xiaotian proposed "pause" and "direct",Zhang Wenhu also proposed the "gras gray snake line,Dragons come from thousands of miles away","Qiaojiehengge,amazing peaks from the sky.In terms of narrative features,all three critics agree that The Scholars borrows from the art of historical narrative,and that there is some development of historical narrative perspectiveChapter four introduces the characteristics of the assessment point of novels.Zhang Wenhu was influenced by criticism school,in his comments,there was a strong tendency to textual research.He often explored the origin of things,examine the source,examine dialect and textual the name.Point out problems in the novel and other comments and correct them.Zhang Wenhu and Huang Xiaotian 's comments are based on their interests and have strong humanistic tendencies in their comments.Due to the inheritance relationship between these three reviews,the change and development of the novel concept can also be seen from their reviews.At the same time,upward communication is major feature in the evaluation of The Scholars.