《儒林外史》中的饮食与世情

The Diet and the Ways of the World in The Scholars

小说中常以饮食来刻画人物。透过《儒林外史》中丰富的饮食描写,读者不但可以对饮食之人有直观生动的了解,更可由诸多个人所组成的群体,进一步觇见清初儒林之世情。书中对于世情的描摹、人性的表现,能令读者——尤其是身处今日之"儒林"者在读此书时,皆能依稀看到镜子中的自己。

The characters are often depicted in terms of diet in novels. Through rich diet description in The Scholars , read- ers can not only have for vivid and intuitive understanding to the persons of eating, but also see the ways of the world at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty from the group formed by many individuals. The description about the ways of the world and the manifestation of humanity in the book can make the readers, especially ＂ the scholars ＂ in today see, them- selves in the mirror while reading the book.