《玄怪录》中精怪故事的娱乐性研究

A Study on the Entertainment of the Eidolon Stories in “Xuan Guailu”

《玄怪录》是中唐时期著名政治家牛僧孺创作的传奇集。该书的精怪故事可归入惊悚、荒诞、滑稽三类。这类精怪故事往往具有情节多重反转,结尾出人意料,注重气氛烘托、人物形象丰满立体,心理描写细致传神等特点。《玄怪录》的产生与六朝志怪传统、中唐时人"好奇"的审美心理、士人的思想变化、时代思潮和传奇自身的特点有关。然而它既不同于同时代的志人传奇也不同于六朝志怪,具有鲜明的独特性。

As an well-known politician in the mid and late Tang Dynasty, Niu Sengru novels ＂Xuan Guailu＂. Stories about eidolons in this book could be concluded into three wrote classical Chinese styles, which is scary, absurd and funny.There were a lot of characteristics in this kind of stories, which includes surprise twists in the storyline, unexpected ending, emphasis on setting the mood, making the characters plump and stereo, and portraying the psychology of character vividly. The appearance of ＂ Xuan Guailu＂ was related to the following factors ：the tradition on the supernatural stories in the Six Dynasties; aesthetic psychology about curiosity in the mid Tang Dynasty ; the change of scholar-officials＇ thought ; the trend of the times and the characteristics of the legends. However, ＂ Xuan Guailu＂ was not only different from the eontemporary legends, but also different from the supernatural stories in the Six Dynasties. ＂Xuan Guailu＂ is unique.