唐长安城的昌盛与传奇小说的繁荣

The Prosperity of Chang'an City and Development of Legendary Novels in Tang Dynasty

历来研究唐传奇发展繁荣的原因,都是从唐朝的政治经济、思想文化、科举考试的温卷,以及小说的发展等方面去论述的。本文从京城长安的角度研究唐长安城对于传奇的发展有巨大的影响。京都是传奇反映的主要对象。反映长安生活的小说数量多,质量高,代表传奇最高成就。唐长安规模宏大,整齐严密,城坊众多,商市繁荣,城市生活空前的复杂化、多样化。反映这种生活,使传奇小说纷繁多彩。长安城男女交往开放自由,青楼妓院林立,为前代所未有,文人狎妓游弋成为时尚,形成爱情纠葛,悲欢离合,刺激了爱情小说的成熟和繁荣,使才子佳人题材的传奇达到空前的艺术高度,成为传奇的优秀代表。长安的豪杰武侠风气很盛,社会崇尚任侠精神,促进了豪侠小说的发展。此外,唐长安诗歌盛极、政治开明、观念开放,都影响了传奇的发展。

The prosperous Tang Dynasty is usually studied from the perspectives of politics, economy, culture, imperial examination system as well as development of legendary novels. An analysis of the grand scale, tidy and reasonable distribution, prosperous commerce, complicated and diversified life of people in Tang Dynasty indicates that the unprecedented great number of brothels, free and open cross- gender contacts bring about the literary theme of genius and beauty and maturity of love stories, the popularity of chivalrous conducts results in development of swordsman fictions. In brief, the rich and colorful life in Chang＇ an city has great effect on the prosperity of legendary novels in Tang Dynasty.