《金台全传》打擂母题、狂欢化色彩及佛经来源

The Exhibition and Revelry of the Motif of the Open Competition in The Complete Story of JinTai

《金台全传》一直较少受到研究者关注,其中多次描绘的打擂母题,是明清小说的作者和读者兴趣的焦点之一,有着丰富的文化含义。狂欢化色彩是打擂母题的重要特质,解释了作者读者心理交汇的原因;既受到口头文学和书场文化的影响,也受到晚清社会思想变化的推动。虽然,学界对于与打擂相关的“相扑”活动有些研究,但罕有注意到,比武打擂这一文学叙事模式真正的文本建构,归功于中古时期外域传来的佛经故事,其有打擂比武教训力士、比武招亲、比武为国、欲赠女求对方退让,毁约被摔死的故事,等等。

The philistine attitude of Researchers doned for a long time, but authors and readers have resulted in The Complete Story of JinTai being abaninterest in the motif of the open competition in it that has multivocal cultural implications. The revelry , the particular characteristics of open competition, is a reason of psychology of authors combined with readers being. The oral tradition and culture of storytelling＇s marketplace influence it, as well as the judder of social thought of the the late Qing Dynasty. Though some scholar pay attention to the Sumo Wrestling, very few people find that the narrative pattern of the motif-competition on arena maybe came from the Buddhist literature story in the Middle Age, such as teach Hercules on arena, competition on arena for a wife, competition for homeland, break a promise after competition, etc.