清代传世小说史料价值研究

An Exploration of the Value of Qing Dynasty Classic Novels

以《红楼梦》《儒林外史》等为代表的传世小说虽是清人书写社会的文学作品,却包含着丰富的政治、经济、司法、文化风俗、中外交往、灾荒等方面的史料。这些传世的清人文学作品,不仅可以为还原历史提供一种重要的借鉴途径,还可为发掘和充分利用文学史料、破除陈见、创新史学提供一种重要的方法。

Chinese classic novels written in the Qing Dynasty like A Dream of Red Mansions and The Scholars are not only literary works depicting society,but also a wealth of politics,justice,culture,customs,foreign exchanges and famine of the Qing Dynasty.They can provide a way to reconstruct history data for the historians and a way to establish a new study on history by making full use of historical facts in literature and getting rid of old prejudices.