The Images Of Doctors In The Vernacular Short Novels Of The Ming Dynasty

There appeared a large number of excellent vernacular short stories in the Ming dynasty,among which“San Yan Er Pai and Yi Xing” is a very representative collection of vernacular short stories,they are Feng Menglong’s Yu Shi Ming Yan、Jing Shi Tong Yan and Xing Shi Heng Yan,Ling Mengchu’s Chu Ke Pai An Jing Qi and Er Ke Pai An Jing Qi,and Lu Renlong’s Xing Shi Yan.All of these novels have an important place in the Chinese literature.They not only have a compact text structure and vivid plot,but also describe various practical problems in social life at that time,but also created a lot of wonderful group figures.In these groups of characters,the image of the doctor also occupies a large proportion.“San Yan Er Pai and Yi Xing” which has high value in literature and sociology research,has created the mixed images of doctors in the social background at that time.The introduction part mainly elaborated this topic research goal and the significance,the research present situation summary,the research mentality and the method.The first chapter combs the images of doctors in ancient novels in four stages:Pre-qin and Han dynasties,Wei-Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties,Tang and Song dynasties,Yuan,Ming and Qing dynasties.First of all,from the pre-qin and Han dynasties began to describe the image of doctors in the novel,then the image of doctors is mysterious,showing the characteristics of witch doctors.Secondly,during the period of Wei-Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties,due to the introduction of religious ideas,the images of doctors in the novel appeared a new type of Taoist doctor and Monk Doctor.The third is the Tang and Song dynasties,under the influence of the change of institution and Confucianism,the new group image of “Confucian doctors” began to appear in the novels.Finally,during the Yuan,Ming and Qing dynasties,with the development of the Commodity and the rise of the civil class,many part-time doctors,in addition to professional doctors,also joined the group of doctors,the image of the Doctor in the novel has also become complex and varied.The second chapter combs the main types of doctor image in“San Yan Er Pai and Yi Xing”.This paper classifies doctors according to their attitudes towards patients and the results of their treatment.Doctors who can not treat patients well or even kill them for money are called quacks doctors.With high moral character and the ability to cure diseases can be called good doctors,they often have both ability and virtue.There are also some strange doctors,kind-hearted but strange behavior,treatment method is different from others,the medicine given is mostly elixir pills.The rich and colorful images of doctors reflect the writer’s deep reflection on the society.In the third chapter,on the basis of combing the main types of doctors’ images,the methods and effects of shaping doctors’ images in“San Yan Er Pai and Yi Xing” are analyzed and discussed.The author uses a variety of description techniques and staggered time settings,so that readers can immerse themselves in the story to feel the work described by the image of the doctors.The author has realized the multi-colored shaping effect through various shaping methods,which makes the doctors in“San Yan Er Pai and Yi Xing” not only present the personalized image,but also show the characteristic of the type.The fourth chapter analyzes the ideological value of the image of doctors in“San Yan Er Pai and Yi Xing”.The author portrays the image of quack doctor,which includes the reflection on the good and bad doctors.The social ethos of pursuing profit,the weakness of punishment and the connivance of family members led to the prevalence of quack doctors.To be a qualified doctor,one must possess both medical skills and medical ethics,which is the professional ideal that the author shows through shaping the image of a good doctor.Through the description of the strange doctor,it shows that the author wants to use religious enlightenment to lead people to good and to persuade people to be dispassionate.This paper sorts out the main types of the image of doctors in“San Yan Er Pai and Yi Xing”,analyzes the shaping techniques and effects of the image of doctors,and excavates the ideological value of the works behind the image of doctors,in order to be able to comprehensively and systematically present the“San Yan Er Pai and Yi Xing” in the image of the doctor’s clear image.