论运河文化对《三国演义》成书的影响及价值意义

On the Significant Influence and Value of Canal Culture on the Completion of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

三国时期,魏国与吴国注重开挖和利用运河以达其巩固政权等目的,在三国争雄中起到重要作用。自隋唐始,大运河沟通南北,对运河流域经济、文化等产生重大影响。元代大运河截弯取直,山东东平成为元杂剧的创作中心之一。东平人罗贯中以《三国志》为蓝本,汲取了运河流域文化中的三国故事的精华,创作了《三国演义》。《三国演义》偏重侠义精神,价值取向以崇尚侠义、肯定孤勇为主,这些特点与燕赵多义士、齐鲁重豪侠等的运河文化的尚武精神相一致。

During the Three Kingdoms Period,states Wei and Wu paid attention to excavating and exploiting canals to achieve their political consolidation purposes,and played important roles in the struggle for supremacy among the three kingdoms.During the Sui and Tang Dynasties,the Grand Canal connects the north and south of China,had significant impacts on the economy and culture of the canal areas.The Grand Canal of the Yuan Dynasty was dug straight and passed through Dongping,Shandong Province.It became one of the birth places of Yuan Zaju Operas.Most scholars believe that Luo Guanzhong is from Dongping of Shandong.Luo Guanzhong took The Romance of the Three Kingdoms as the blueprint,and drew the essence of Three Kingdoms stories circulated in the cultural belt of the canal reaches,and completed writing the famous literary work of the The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.The Romance of the Three Kingdoms emphasizes the chivalrous spirit,the value orientation is to advocate chivalry and affirm solitary courage.These characteristics consist with the martial arts spirit of the canal culture which breeds righteous figures and swordsmen in the Yan-Zhao and Qi-Lu Regions.