妍媸·真鉴·慕道——论《聊斋志异》中的“化貌”篇章

Beauty and Ugliness, True Love and God Worship——On Articles about the Change of Appearance in Strange Stories from a Lonely Chinese Studio

《聊斋志异》中涉及人物面容妍媸变幻的小说约为八篇。这些篇章中人物"化貌"的实质是企图实现对苦难人生的逃逸和对无情时空的超越,其间寄托着作者对"真鉴"、对天下知音的热切渴求。而假象与真鉴、世道与自我、皮相与灵魂等富有哲理意味的问题,也在故事中得到了深入探讨。《聊斋》"化貌"篇章描摹了关爱苍生且情思细腻、风格飘洒的仙人形象,这种慕道的深层心理乃是作者对自由、广阔的精神家园的追寻。

There are eight articles about the change of appearance in Strange Stories from a Lonely Chinese Studio.The characters who change their appearance in these stories attempt in essence to achieve their hope of escaping the suffering real life and transcending the merciless boundary of time and space,and their fervent desires of finding in the world bosom friends and true love.Philosophical problems are discussed in the stories such as false images and true images,the society and self,body and spirit.These art...