中国古代小说中的尺牍

Correspondences in Ancient Chinese Novels

古代小说中存在大量尺牍,虽多属虚构,但仍具有较高的文献价值、社会价值与思想学术价值。这些尺牍不同程度地参与小说构建,使小说情节更为紧凑,推动小说情节发展,或者直接作为中心事物构建小说,并为小说提供了多样化的叙述与接受角度。

There are a lot of correspondences in ancient Chinese novels. Although most of them are fictitious, they still are of high value in literature, society and academy. These letters play different roles in novels, making the novels more compact, pushing the development of the novel plot, being the basis for the composing of novels, and providing a variety of narratives and acceptance angles.