陈经济的形象、来源及文化解读

On image,origin and cultural interpretation of Chen Jingji

陈经济是《金瓶梅》中西门庆死后的男主角,他比西门庆经历更丰富,处境更复杂,他一生虽短却三起三伏,从富家子弟到寄居的女婿,从街头乞丐到庙宇的道士,再到死于非命的苟且男宠,他丰富曲折的人生经历颇具戏剧性和典型性,是一个时代败家浪子的典型。这一形象的成功塑造离不开前代文学作品的给养,借助对“三言”“二拍”中故事的探源,我们能够发掘陈经济形象的来源,对陈经济的形象形成更加全面、科学的认识。而在晚明反传统思潮的影响下,以陈经济为代表的荒唐浪子带有特殊的文化含义,他们都成为“无父”者,他们的人生经历也被造设得奇特丰富,用以满足文人的“尚奇”趣味。

Chen Jingji is the hero of The Golden Lotus after the death of Ximen Qing,who has experienced more complicated situation than Ximen Qing.Although his life is short,he has gone through three ups and downs,from being born in a rich family to being living in father-in-law's house,from a street beggar to a Taoist priest in temple,ending up with a violent death as a toy boy.As an example of a prodigal son in that era,his rich and tortuous life experience is quite dramatic and typical.The successful shaping of this image can not be separated from the supply of previous literary works.By exploring the stories in San Yan and Er Pai,we can discover the origin of Chen Jingji's image and have a more comprehensive and scientific understanding of this image.Under the influence of the anti-traditional ideological trend in the late Ming Dynasty,the absurd prodigal son represented by Chen Jingji has a special cultural meaning,and all of them become“fatherless”.Their life experiences have been created so strange and rich to satisfy the singular aesthetic taste of literati.