A Study On The Third Continuation Of The Golden Lotus

The Golden Lotus,one of the four wonders of the Ming dynasty,occupies an important position in the history of Chinese literature.In the first year of the reign of emperor daoguang of the qing dynasty,there appeared a sequel to The Golden Lotus--The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus,which continued the family life and official career of ten years from the death of Ximen Qing seven years later to the age of fifty until the monkey became a monk.As a relatively independent and complete work in the sequels of The Golden Lotus,The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus has important research significance and academic value in enriching the study of The Golden Lotus and its sequels.The first chapter is the introduction.First of all,the reason for choosing the title is clarified.The academic circles pay insufficient attention to The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus,and there are many contradictions in the viewpoints.Then,the current research results of the academic circles are combed from three aspects,and the research ideas and methods are finally elaborated.The second chapter,mainly from the author’s perspective of The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus to explore.First,the author’s general identity is inferred,mainly based on the self-introduction of the author in "preface","small quotations" and the novel text.It is inferred that the nerve-yin lay scholar was a "wufu" who lived in the Daoguang Jiaqing period,knew Shandong and had a wide range of hobbies.The second is to explore the author’s creative motivation,including regret and enlightenment intention,therefore,narayin lay increased the length of Chunmei,more talk about happy things,as "a dose of happy medicine",for readers to point out the wrong can change the bright way of a good death.The third chapter analyzes the text of The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus.One is to create a lot of character images,such as gentle and virtuous,clever and lively,caustic and jealous harem image,good officials and faint officials coexist image,good at ingratiating,fawning,shrewd help image and so on.The second is to reproduce the trivial life of the world,pay attention to the description of family banquets and entertainment activities,folk festival activities,the performance of folk customs.Third,it exposed the dark social conditions and customs,revealed the chaos and ugliness in the feudal family,showed the connection between the interests of the upper class and the family relationship,and revealed the darkness in the talent selection system and officialdom.The fourth chapter compares The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus with The Golden Lotus and Continuing The Golden Lotus.First of all,compared with the Golden Lotus,both of them take family daily life as the theme,pay attention to show the life of the world,and continue the main character characteristics of the characters;The difference lies in the fact that the third sequel to The Golden Lotus adds new activities and adds the experience of imperial examinations along with the growth of Xiaoge.However,it is inferior to the original in reflecting the depth and breadth of reality,especially the change of ending weakens the tragic meaning and the warning force.Secondly,it is compared with the sequel of The Golden Lotus.Both of them come from the sequel of The Golden Lotus and take enlightenment as the intention of creation.In terms of characterization,most of them continue the main characteristics of the characters in The Golden Lotus.The difference lies in that The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus lacks the grand social background and deep thoughts of rise and fall in The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus.It has a narrow reflection on social reality,but it has clear narrative clues,compact structure and strong readability.In conclusion,The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus as one of The Golden Lotus sequel books,in the depth of thought and art are difficult to achieve the original level.But it sure is,The Third Continuation of the Golden Lotus from the realistic writing style,has the reality significance and value,it also enriches the The Golden Lotus and its sequel book of related research.