明清话本小说之人物群像与社会风习

Group Images and Social Custom in Vernacular Novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties

文士、商贾、僧尼是明清话本小说描写最多的文学群像,他们的个人生活和社会活动都与社会风习发生密切的关系。而他们的各种行为习惯逐渐形成的社会风习,既有良好的,也有不良的,因而对当时乃至后世社会所产生的影响自然也就有着正面和负面之分。从文学接受史角度分析,这些人物群像对于匡正祛邪,净化人性,营造良好习俗都有着警诫和教育作用。从学术研究的角度讲,则可为当今的文化建设、道德建设以及制度建设提供有益的借鉴。

Scholars,merchants,monks and nuns are the characters frequently described in the vernacular novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties.Their personal life and social activities interacted with the social custom,and their social behaviors and conducts exerted impact on the society positively and negatively.From the perspective of the history of literary reception,the group images play an educational and warning role in purifying human mind and help build a good custom,and furthermore,from the perspective of academic studies,they shed light on today's cultural,moral and systematic construction.