《水浒传》创作成功的历史原因

Turbulent History:Extensive and Rich Resource for Water Margin

历史为《水浒传》的创作提供了一个广阔的平台。首先,历史上记载的宋江起义既于史有据,又十分简略,给历史学家的研究带来了很多麻烦,可是对文艺家来说,却提供了方便,不必受史实的束缚,想象虚构,自由发挥。其次,宋江起义既反对政府,后又投降朝廷,去镇压方腊起义,而且,经过宋、金、元这段民族矛盾极其尖锐的时期才创作成书,这为《水浒》创造了一个可以多元创作和评论的广阔天地,一个可以生存、传播的空间。

Historical vicissitude provides the writing of Water Margin with an extensive and rich resource. Firstly, though the record about Song Jiang insurgence is well - grounded, it is too brief for historians to study the uprising. But for the literati, this simple record can make them to imagine and invent without the limitation of historical facts. Secondly, though Song Jiang combated the government at first, but then he surrendered the court and suppressed Fang La uprising. Furthermore, the dynasties of Song, Jin and Yuan in which the national conflicts were extremely sharp. These historical facts provide the writing of Water Margin with an extensive platform where multi -variable writing and comments can be carried out, as well as a space in which the novel can survive and spread.