《传奇·崔炜》:一篇唐人“有意为小说”的特殊文本

Chuan Qi·Cui Wei:A Special Literary Work of "Creating Fictions Consciously" in Tang Dynasty

《崔炜》是晚唐文人裴著名小说集《传奇》中的一篇,历来所受学界关注不够,但它实际上是一篇具有特殊价值的作品。《崔炜》乃裴"有意为小说"的产物,从故事背景的"有意"叠加,到情节模式的"有意"缀合,再到结构叙事的"有意"处置,《崔炜》取得了艺术成功,但也存在明显不足。裴的这一创作实例,有助于我们更加深细地理解唐人"有意为小说"命题的内涵和外延,若就此而言,《崔炜》具有学术上的经典个案意义。

Cui Wei is a story from Chuan Qi,a famous collection of short stories by Pei Xing in the late Tang Dynasty.The story has never received enough academic attention,but it has special value.Cui Wei is the product of Pei Xing’s concept of"creating fictions consciously".From the"conscious"superposition of background,to the"conscious"combination of the plot mode,then to the"conscious"treatment of structure and narration,Cui Wei has achieved success in art,while there are also obvious weaknesses.This creative practice of Pei Xing is helpful for us to understand the connotation and denotation of the statement"creating fictions consciously"in Tang Dynasty.In this sense,Cui Wei is a classic case with academic significance.