吴敬梓交接真州缙绅杨凯略考

Textual Research on Wu Jingzi's Acquaintance with the Gentleman Yang Kai in Zhenzhou

杰出小说家吴敬梓生前与真州朋友、原提督杨凯缔有交谊,堪为文士与官绅交往典型之一例。两人之间的交游,既使吴敬梓获得一定的精神慰藉和生活之需,也丰富了他的人生阅历,对其思想嬗变与诗歌创作都产生了微妙而积极的影响。其交游更为吴敬梓成功创作长篇讽刺小说《儒林外史》,潜心塑造汤奏(镇台)、汤奉(知县)等若干正反面典型人物形象,构拟诸多章回精采故事情节,积聚了丰富且珍贵的素材。

The acquaintance of outstanding novelist Wu Jingzi before his death with his friend Yang Kai, the former senior official, can be taken as a model among contacts between men of letters and gentries. The acquaintance be- tween them not only makes Wu Jingzi obtain certain mental comfort and life need, but also enriches the experience of his life, which performs a subtle and positive effect on his thoughts transmutation and poetry creation. Wu Jingzi＇ s acquaintance accumulates rich and precious materials for his successful creation of long ironic fiction The Scholars, shaping a number of images of positive and negative character such as Commanding officer Tang and Sheriff Tang with great concentration, and making up many wonderful plots of story with captions for each chapter.