仁义道德的折射 社会交往的追求——论以“三言”“二拍”为代表的明代白话短篇小说中商人的诚信观念

On Virtue and Morality in Social Intercourse

以"三言二拍"为代表的明代白话短篇小说中,描写了很多商业活动和各类众多的商人形象,小说中阐述了商人对价值观念的独特理解和认识,诠释了诚信观念是仁义道德的折射和社会交往的追求,可以从儒家伦理道德的影响、商业活动本身的需求、社会交往以及作家自身的创作理念等方面观照小说中商人诚信观念及其产生的渊源,以及商人对诚信观念的守成。

The short stories in vernacular in the Ming Dynasty represented by ＂San Yan＂ and ＂Er Pai＂ describe various eommercial activities and images of various kinds of merchants, elaborate on the special merchants＇ understanding and reeognition of values, and interpret that honesty and good faith is the reflection of virtue and morality and the pursuance of social intercourses. Merchants＇ honesty and good faith as expressed in novels, its source, and their adherence to and inheritance of honesty and trust can be observed and studied from the influence of Confucian moral principles and ethics, the requirements of commercial activities, interpersonal exchanges and the writers＇ ideas guiding their literary creation.