论金庸小说《天龙八部》的大理叙事

On “Dali-style Narration” of Demi-gods and Semi-devils by Jin Yong

《天龙八部》是一部彰显金庸佛学思想,具有深厚文化内涵的新派武侠小说,成书于金庸小说创作的中期,小说在情节叙事、人物塑造、文化内涵等方面都超越其早期作品,可谓是金庸的巅峰之作。《天龙八部》讲述的是北宋时期发生在宋、辽、大理、西夏等国之间的故事,地域跨度广,也是金庸十五部武侠小说中以大理作为故事发展场景最为集中的作品,因此大理叙事成为整部小说完整情节不可缺少的一部分。《天龙八部》中的大理叙事主要体现在史实与想象相结合的叙事方式,以人物性格为主的叙事特征,揭示佛学哲理的叙事意义。

Demi-gods and Semi-devils is a highlight of Jin Yong’ s Buddhist thought, which has a profound cultural connotation of the new breed of martial arts, and which was written in Jin Yong y s mid - period of novel w^riting. The plot narrative, characterization, cultural connotations and other aspects in this novel have all surpassed his early writings, which can be described as the peak of Jin Yong’s writings. Demi-gods and Semi-devils is a story occurred in Song, Liao, Dali, West Xia and other countries in the Northern Song Dynasty, in which there’s a wide geographical span. The story is the most concentrated work describing Dali scenes among Jin Yong’s fifteen novels. Therefore Dali-style narration is an indispensable part of the whole novel, in which the narrative way of combining history and imagination is mainly manifested, giving priority to the characters, revealing the narrative significance of Buddhist philosophy in three aspects.