新见清末“务本子”“破迷子”宣讲小说述要

New Discovery of Preaching Novels of the "Wu Benzi" and "Po Mizi" in the Late Qing Dynasty

清末四川地区,由"破迷子""务本子"编辑或校正的川刻宣讲小说多达八部。其中,务本子编辑的宣讲小说有《照胆台》《惊人炮》《自新路》,破迷子编辑的宣讲小说有《大愿船》《孝逆报》《脱苦海》《上天梯》《保命金丹》。二人编辑的小说,讲唱结合,多取近时、近地之事,亦有不少改编之作,劝善主旨明确,故事性强。这些宣讲小说,昭示了晚清川刻白话宣讲小说的兴盛,丰富了晚清白话小说的遗存。

In the Sichuan area in the late Qing Dynasty,there were as many as 8 preaching novels edited or corrected by"Po Mizi"and"Wu Benzi".Among them,Zhao Dantai,Jing Renpao,Zi Xinlu were edited by Wu Benzi;Da Yuanchuan,Xiao Nibao,Tuo Kuhai,Shang Tianti and Bao Ming Jin Dan were edited by Po Mizi.These novels were combined by speaking and singing,and mostly took recent or nearby events.There are also many adaptations,and the purpose of persuasion were clear and the stories were strong.These preaching novels show the prosperity of the late Qing Dynasty’s vernacular preaching novels and enrich the remains of the late Qing Dynasty vernacular novels.