从文素臣形象设定看“素臣是孔子”

Interpreting "Su-chen Playing Confucius' Role" from the Creation of Wen Su-chen's Image

《野叟曝言》写文素臣身世、禀赋、名字等均有取于孔子,其形象设定为全书描写"素臣是孔子"的基础。"素臣是孔子"一是表明这一形象的塑造虽不免作者自身的影子与幻想在,但总体上是就孔子与孔子之道所作的演义;二是本书所写是就孔子当时作为素王不得行其道的翻案文章,乃为圣人得时有位平治天下的想象之辞,是清中叶世衰而又理学泛滥的产物;三是秦汉以降,孔子形象便不时以各种形式与面目入于小说,但以如此规模大书,写唯一中心人物而公然模拟影射于孔子,仅《野叟曝言》一书而已,从而这一人物形象独具一格。

In the novel of Yesou Puyan, the description of Wen Su-chen＇ s life experience, gift, and name is almost same as Confucius, which is the basis of the idea of ＂Su-chen playing Confucius＇ role＂. This idea can be interpreted from the following three aspects. First, even though it cannot be denied that this image is inevitably the author himself and his imagination, it is the story about Confucius and his ideas in general. Second, this novel just intends to change the original evaluation of Confucius＇ experience of inability to carry out his ideas. In other words, this novel is just the imagination of Confucius＇ managing the society, which is the result of the then declining society and the spread of Confucian school＇ s idealist philosophy. Third, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Confucius＇ image has been described in the novels from time to time. But this novel is unique since it just takes Confu- cius as the only focus to describe.