出入幽明 联结阴阳 助力叙事——论清代文言小说中“鬼隶”的叙事功能

On“Ghost Servant”Narrative Function in Classical Novel of Qing Dynasty

鬼隶是地府中给神办事的差役,他们听命于地府诸神,出入阳间,负责执行拘人魂魄和行刑等任务。基于这样的身份特点,清代的文言小说家们把"鬼隶"当成一种叙事技巧,在故事叙述场景的转换中,在情节与情节的联结中,在故事的矛盾冲突中,在宣扬道德教化中及叙述类似的故事模式中运用到鬼隶形象,从而使"鬼隶"具有了叙事功能。

Ghost servants are those who work for Ghosts in hell .They take orders from the Ghosts of the hell government ,and go into this world to arrest persons’ souls or undertake execution . Based on this identity characteristic ,the classical novelists of the Qing Dynasty took “Ghost servants”as a narrative technique ,to adopt those figures in the conversion of the narrative scenes ,in the linkage of the plots ,in the conflict of the story ,in the transmission of moral teaching ,and in the narration of the similar story modes .Therefore ,the“ghost servants” has got a kind of narrative function .