A Cross-Text Study Of Bao Gong’s Stories In The Qing Dynasty

The story of Bao Gong is very large.It has formed a basic literary paradigm in terms of image shaping and story layout,and has also gained a stable cultural identity in the hearts of the people.On the basis of abundant materials,the Bao gong literature of the Qing Dynasty combined Baogong’s traditional detective stories with themes such as market stories,heroic legends,chivalrous stories,and court deeds,further broadening the field of literary creation.At the same time,the stories of Bao Gong in the Qing Dynasty generally showed the theme tendency of loyalty and evil,good and evil opposition,and the image of Bao Gong also shifted from honest officials to loyal ministers.This paper selects Bao Gong’s novels and legends in the Qing Dynasty to study their similarities and differences in story content and narrative art from the perspective of cross-text.This paper consists of three chapters.The first chapter studies the origin of Bao Gong’s story.The article first introduces Bao Gong in history,through sorting out Bao Gong and his story,to restore a forthright temperament,not afraid of power,caring for the people of an honest official image.Since Bao Gong’s prototype was in line with people’s expectation and imagination of Confucian officials,Bao Gong became a "target" from then on.Many stories about solving cases and upholding justice were attached to him,and people began to consciously spread and create stories about him.In the Song Dynasty,the stories of Bao Gong were performed on the stage.Although the art was a little rough,it promoted the spread of Bao Gong’s stories and played a role in enlighten the creation of Bao Gong’s stories in later generations.The Yuan Dynasty was an important period for the development of Bao Gong’s stories.Under the shadow of the high pressure policy of Yuan and Mongolia,Bao Gong’s stories ruthlessly exposed and poignantly satirized the ugly face of the powerful and powerful,and his works were full of fighting spirit.The Ming Dynasty was a pioneering period for the development of Bao Gong’s stories,with the emergence of various genres such as drama and novels,which enriched the style of Bao Gong’s stories.The second chapter studies the characteristics of the content and narrative art of Bao Gong’s novels in Qing Dynasty.The stories of Lord Bao of the Qing Dynasty absorbed and integrated the excellent literature works of the previous generation,and continued to develop,constantly enriching the subject matter of Lord Bao.The stroy of Qingfeng Zha is an inheritance of the story of the Song Dynasty’s novel,adding the description of the murder process of Sun Dali,and turning the narrative perspective to the description of the street life,expanding the scope of expression of Bao Gong’s story.In addition,the stories of Bao Gong’s court cases in the Qing Dynasty were gradually integrated with the themes of heroic legends and chivalrously righteous men,which injected new vitality into the traditional Bao Gong stories.The Romance of Wanhualou portrayed the images of many loyal officials and righteous men,and highlighted the characteristics of The Times in the struggle between loyal and treacherous people in the Qing Dynasty.In "Three Chivalrous man and Five Legends",the cooperation mode of "honest officials + chivalry" was adopted to fight criminals and safeguard justice,expressing the desire of the underclass people for a stable life.This work embodies the combination of chivalry and detective stories,and represents the highest achievement of Bao Gong’s novels in the Qing Dynasty.The third chapter studies the theme and artistic characteristics of Bao Gong’s legend in the Qing Dynasty.The legend of Bao Gong in the early Qing Dynasty has a very clear value tendency.The works mainly narrate the grand narrative about court politics,and reflect the thinking about the struggle between loyalty and treachery,good and evil.This chapter takes "Qiankun Xiao","Five High Wind","Double Nail Case" and "Zhengzhao yang" as research texts to analyze the narrative characteristics of Bao Gong’s stories in different styles.Although these works are based on loyalty and treachery,the struggle between good and evil as the theme,but there are still some differences in the elaboration of the specific text.The conflicts and struggles in "Qiankun Xiao" and "Zhengzhaoyang" mainly focus on the concubines in the harem,and the fighting between the concubines leads to the turbulence in the former court.In the Five High Winds,the object of conflict and struggle turns to powerful officials,and the love entanglements between talented scholars and beautiful women are added to the story."The Case of Two Nails" focuses on the life of the citizens,and the conflict is transferred to the family.