别具一格的世情小说——《镜花缘》新论

A Peculiar Realistic Novel——New Discussion on "The Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror"

《镜花缘》作为清代才学类小说,在学界得到广泛认同,但也有许多不同见解,值得研讨。文章认为,在乾嘉考据学盛行的背景下,对音韵学和诸艺颇有造诣的李汝珍所创作的《镜花缘》,确实存在着"以小说见才学"的特点和局限,但不应该视之为才学小说。以明清章回小说世情类作品的历史发展的视角作考察,就《镜花缘》描写的内容来审视,《镜花缘》乃是一部别具一格的世情小说。

The Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror considered as a novel of talent and learning has been accepted broadly by the academic community,though there still exist some different opinions,which deserves a consideration.The paper doesn＇t consider the novel as a novel of talent and learning taking the prevailing textology during Qianlong and Jiaqing Period into account.The Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror created by Li Ru-zhen,who was quite skilled at Chinese phonology and other literary techniques,really exists the characteristics and limits of novels of talent and learning,but should not be included in novels of talent and learning.Pondered from the aspect of the history of the realistic novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,The Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror is no more than a peculiar realistic novel,when the content of it is also taken into consideration.