百年来《三国演义》中曹操形象研究的回顾与思考

A review of and reflections on the research in the character Caocao in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms over the past century

20世纪以来,关于《三国演义》中曹操形象的研究,大体经历了三个阶段。其研究内容,主要涉及曹操形象的审美认识价值、“为曹操翻案”,以及《三国演义》的不同版本中曹操形象的差异等;近20年来,研究者则主要运用新的理论视角来透视、解读曹操形象,这有效地拓展了曹操形象研究的审美空间。不过,回顾百年来的曹操形象研究,虽然取得了不俗的成就,但也由此引发了一些耐人深思的问题。

Since the 20th century, research on the character Caocao in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms can be divided into three periods. The research contents mainly include recognition of the Caocao aesthetic values, reversing the verdict for Caocao, and the image differences of the character Caocao in different editions of the novel. Over the past 20 years, the researchers have been attempting to interpret the image from new theoretical perspectives, effectively extending the aesthetic values of the research. The present review of the research in the past century, which attained considerable achievements, has incurred a number of thought-provoking considerations.