重视对“剪灯”系列小说的研究——《明代“剪灯”系列小说研究》序

Putting emphasis on “legend novel series” of the Ming Dynasty

“剪灯”系列小说自明初出现,以迄明末,纵贯有明二百余年,不但对明代戏曲、小说产生很大影响,也影响及易代之后的文言小说,同时流播海外。但学界对它的研究尚不充分,乔光辉专著《明代“剪灯”系列小说研究》的面世是一良好的开端。

Since the “legend novel series” appeared in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, they were flouring throughout the whole dynasty for more than 200 years, producing great influence not only on drama and fiction of the Ming Dynasty, but on classical Chinese novels in the following dynasties at home as well as abroad. Since there is not sufficient study of this issue, the publication of Qiao Guanghui’s treatise is a good beginning for academic research in this field.