试论《水浒传》与苏中地区之关系

Including the Relation of Shuihuzhuan and Suzhong

本文主要论证了苏中地区与《水浒传》的关系,着重从其作者的籍贯问题、其书的题材来源、成书过程及其所引发的明清通俗文化与苏中地区之关系四个部分进行了论述。并从《宋史》、《续资治通鉴》等史书以及泰州、盐城地区现存方志、文物出发研究了水泊梁山后裔的归宿问题,提出苏中特别是盐泰地区为国内现存“水浒文化”最为集中的地方这一结论。且认为要研究明清通俗文化以及“海派文化”的起源必须以重新认识苏中地方文化为基础,要求对盐城、泰州等地地方文化史进行再定位与重新评价。

The keynotes of this article is to include the relation of Suzhong and Shuihuzhuan from the author's native place, the source of it's theme, the process of writing and the herd of The Ming and Qing dynasty's culture and Suzhong. In this aticle, Suzhong is regarded as the most important place of researching the Shuihuzhuan by annals. So it requests everyone to start again evaluate the local position of Suzhong.