庚子国变与晚清时事小说

The Incident in China in 1900 and Current Event Novels in Late Qing Dynasty

晚清庚子国变发生后,当时的小说家对这一重大时事投以了极大关注,有多部作品问世。不过因作者主体位置、关怀现实与世变角度的不同,以及艺术技巧的巧拙高低,诸多庚子事变小说呈现出不同的面目。从另一方面看,庚子国变小说相当集中地体现了当时民众对于这一家国劫难的认知和判断,反映了存在于底层社会的生动复杂的观念世界。同时,由于这一引起巨大创痛的时代变乱牵动心灵极广,故而也颇能由作品见出千百万生灵的血泪悲欢,以及时代人心、民族心理的趋向。

After the Incident in 1900 （the year of Gengzi in lunar calendar） in China when the Qing Dynasty made war against the eight big powers, novelists of the day paid great attention to the vital event and created many novels. However, due to individual positions of the novelists, their different angles of viewing the reality and social changes, as well as different mastery in writing skills, these novels presented different outlooks. Nevertheless, these novels epitomized the cognition and judgment of the public on the national tragedy and reflected the vivid and complicated mind of the underclass. Meanwhile, as the upheaval that caused enormous pains influenced millions of people, we can witnessed their blood and tears, joys and sorrows, as well as the tendency of public feelings and national psychology from these novels.