明代道教的嬗变及对白话小说的影响

The Influence of the Taoism Evolution in the Ming Dynasty on Vernacular Fictions

作为中国本土宗教的道教与文学之间的联系十分密切。明代道教因其独特的历史背景而呈现出新的特点:世俗化和商业化。文章以道教新特点对白话小说的影响为考察对象,运用文史互证的方法对其间的关系尤其是道教之对小说的影响作一简要分析。

Taoism, as the native religion of China is closely connected with literature. Taoism in the Ming Dynasty, for its special historical background, demonstrated new features, secularization and commercialization. This paper has taken the influence of Taoist new features on vernacular fictions as the research object and made a study on the correlation between the two, especially the influence of Taoism upon fictions by way of mutual proof of literature and history.