Study On Dream Situation In Popular Novels In The Late Ming Dynasty

The times of Tianqi and Chongzhen were the periods in which popular novels flourished and developed,and the dream situation writing in popular novels changed accordingly.The special background of the Ming dynasty has also been integrated into the writings of novel writers.The political turmoil caused by the partisan struggle and the relaxed atmosphere of social public opinion have prompted the birth of current affairs novels.The pursuit of true literary thoughts has encouraged people to reveal their inner literary expressions.Fantasy novels such as Xiyoubu reveal the true inner world in their dreams.The religious culture that has already penetrated the hearts of the people and has become the background of popular thought has also occupied a place in the dream of popular novels.Buddhism ’s thoughts of karma are frequently mentioned,and Taoist thoughts of life like dreams and cultivation theories have also left traces in the fantasy of popular novels.The dreams in the popular novels of the Ming Dynasty can be roughly divided into three types: dream,dream of marriage,and wonderland dream and dream of hell,and they can be further subdivided.There are two types of spiritual dreams: fertility predictions and manifestation dreams.There are also herald dreams in the marriage dreams.In addition,depending on the content of the plot,they can be divided into two types: love dreams and erotic dreams.Dream of hell and wonderland dream are also common dream paradigms in popular novels.These dreams have similarities and differences,embedded in the text of the novel show a rich and colorful artistic charm.The dream writing of popular novels in the Ming Dynasty has the same characteristics.On the whole,they have the same pattern of stories and short-term shortcomings in narrative writing,which caused rough sketches and low artistic standards,which showed the lack of innovative capabilities of popular novel writers.Among them,there are a few masterpieces with high artistic value,which create the artistic effect of the coexistence of virtual and real,and the confusing and confusing art with the multi-level narrative structure and peculiar imagination.Affected by the extravagance of the Ming Dynasty and the Confucian consciousness of education,popular novel writers often hold the value orientation of coexistence of entertainment and education when writing dreams.Except for the Sanyan and Erpai that better combine the two,the rest of the works It tends to vent or indoctrinate moral preaching of lowlevel vulgar desires,which can also glimpse the changes in the minds of Ming literati in complex times.