弱者的英雄梦——论清末以来中国武侠热的内在动因

The Weak's Dream of Hero——Explanation of the Hot Wave of Chinese Swordsmen Literature since the End of Qing Dynasty

清末以来的武侠文学,赢得了数以亿计的读者的青睐,构成了一种奇异的、引人注目的文化现象。这一现象的产生不是偶然的,而是多重因素作用的结果。其中最重要的是由于它所刻画的武侠世界契合了"民族心理防卫机制",包含了积淀在大众心理深处的"英雄"、"智慧老人"和"洞穴"等原型。

The Chinese swordsmen literature has won hundreds of millions of readers, and become a bizarre, remarkable cultural phenomenon since the late Qing dynasty. This phenomenon is not an accident, but a result of multiple factors. One of the most important factors lies in the depicion of the martial arts world which tallies with the ＂national psychological defense mechanisms＂ and embodies the archetyes of ＂hero＂, ＂the old wise man＂ and ＂the caves＂, etc.